FAST Act

Summary

Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act or the FAST Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) expand access to certain stroke telehealth services to any originating site at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished, regardless of where the site is located; and (2) waive the facility fee for certain such originating sites.

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Timeline

1. 22 May 2015

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 22 May 2015

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 22 May 2015 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 2015

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 22 May 2015

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 22 May 2015

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Sponsors

• Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Sponsor
• John Thune · R · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← FAST Act