United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 5199 (116th)
ECHO Act of 2019
Introduced
20 November 2019
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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Summary
Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019 or the ECHO 2019 Act This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a grant program that supports specified health care services in rural or medically underserved areas. Specifically, HHS must award grants to health care entities serving rural areas, health-professional shortage areas, medically underserved populations, or Native Americans for (1) specified videoconferencing technology that connects health professionals with specialists (e.g., chronic-disease, mental-health, and substance-use disorder specialists), (2) retaining health care providers, and (3) increasing access to health care services.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 20 November 2019
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 20 November 2019
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 20 November 2019
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/5199
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/5199