United States · Bill · S
S. 1636 (118th)
Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act
Introduced
17 May 2023
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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5 December 2025
Summary
Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act This bill expands coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently (1) removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary), (2) allows the home of the beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services, (3) allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner), and (4) expands coverage to include audio-only services for evaluation and management and behavioral health services.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 May 2023
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 17 May 2023
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 17 May 2023
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1636
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/s/1636