Senators Cotton, Boozman push to permanently expand access t

Senators Cotton, Boozman push to permanently expand access to telehealth services


The measure includes removing geographic restrictions on telehealth services and bringing the services to rural health clinics.
Author: 5NEWS Web Staff
Updated: 4:19 PM CDT April 29, 2021
WASHINGTON — Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and John Boozman (R-AR) have introduced legislation to improve and expand access to telehealth services. 
The Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technology (CARE) for Health Act will permanently remove all geographic restrictions on telehealth services and expand originating sites to include the home and other sites. 
The CONNECT for Health Act also allows health centers and rural health clinics to provide telehealth services, a provision currently in place due to the pandemic but on a temporary basis; provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services with the permanent authority to waive telehealth restrictions, a provision currently in place due to the pandemic but on a temporary basis; allow for the waiver of telehealth restrictions during public health emergencies; requires a study to learn more about how telehealth has been used during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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