United States · Bill · S
S. 431 (115th)
Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act
Introduced
16 February 2017
Last action
16 February 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR], Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to specify that certain siting requirements applicable under the Medicare program shall not apply to telehealth services that are furnished after 2017 for purposes of evaluating an acute stroke. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services shall not pay an originating-site facility fee with respect to such telehealth services.
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Timeline
16 February 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
16 February 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 February 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to ← Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017
- related to ← CONNECT for Health Act of 2017
- related to ← CONNECT for Health Act of 2017
- related to ← Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/431
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/431
- us · 115-s-431 · source updated 11 August 2025