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H.R. 596 (117th)

ACCESS Act

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Introduced

28 January 2021

Last action

2 February 2021 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1], Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28], Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12], Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3], Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE], Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2], Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10], Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5], Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14], Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5], Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Lowenthal, Alan S. [D-CA-47], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25], Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3], Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

7 April 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act or the ACCESS Act This bill provides funding to increase access to telehealth services and virtual visits in skilled and other nursing facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. Specifically, the bill provides additional funding for FY2021, to remain available through FY2022, to the Telehealth Resource Center Program to address barriers to telehealth faced by skilled and other nursing facilities. The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources and Services Administration manages this program. In addition, the bill provides funding for FY2021, to remain available through one month after the emergency period ends, to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for grants to nursing facilities to support virtual visits for residents during the COVID-19 emergency. HHS must develop relevant guidance for these grants within 15 days. HHS must also coordinate with the Federal Communications Commission to ensure grantees have access to telecommunications and broadband services.

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Timeline

  1. 28 January 2021

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

  2. 28 January 2021

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 28 January 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 28 January 2021

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 2 February 2021

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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