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H.R. 6487 (116th)

ACCESS Act

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Introduced

10 April 2020

Last action

14 April 2020 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. King, Peter T. [R-NY-2], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8], Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1], Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31], Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1], Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6], Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3], Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9], Colin Allred, Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4], Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5], Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6], Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1], Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-5], Rep. Langevin, James R. [D-RI-2], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA], Rep. Crist, Charlie [D-FL-13], Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1], Rep. Crow, Jason [D-CO-6], Rep. Kuster, Ann M. [D-NH-2], Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14], Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4], Rep. Luria, Elaine G. [D-VA-2], Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1], Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6], Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2], Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE], Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1], Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12], Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10], Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3], Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8]

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 (1) provides appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center Program of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop telehealth capacity for certain nursing facilities, and (2) directs other activities to increase access to telehealth services in such facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. HRSA shall award grants, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, to skilled nursing facilities and other nursing facilities to support virtual visits to residents during the emergency. The Department of Health and Human Services must also provide recommendations related to immediately increasing access, during the emergency, to telehealth services for which Medicare and Medicaid payments are available in skilled and other nursing facilities.

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Timeline

  1. 10 April 2020

    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

  2. 10 April 2020

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 10 April 2020

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 14 April 2020

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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