Rural and Frontier Telehealth Expansion Act
Summary
Rural and Frontier Telehealth Expansion Act This bill increases the applicable Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (i.e., federal matching rate) under Medicaid for telehealth services in rural states or states that have limited broadband infrastructure and that provide consistent and widespread coverage for such services.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jun 23, 2021
Last action Jun 23, 2021
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Total actions
2
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0
Committee
1
Jun 23, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Jun 23, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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