HR 3230 makes a variety of changes to the Department of Veterans Affairs health care services. HR 3230 specically references the use of telemedicine in two sections.
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)’s HR 5294 intends to improve the health of minority individuals, and for other purposes.
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS), and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) call to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a phased-in expansion of telehealth coverage under the Medicare program and for other purposes.
Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)’s HR 3507 would expand telehealth use under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)’s TRICARE program. The bill also considers telehealth-delivered care to be at the provider’s site, not where the patient is located.
Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA)’s HR 3577 would create a commission to examine and report on potential health care savings associated with telehealth, HIT, and other health innovations through wireless technology. The commission would have a limited life span, and would be dissolved once their final report is submitted.
