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H.R. 1148: FAST Act of 2017

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H.R. 1148: FAST Act of 2017

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-16 · Health · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-16 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

FAST Act of 2017

Plain summary

Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act of 2017 or the FAST Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill specifies that, under Medicare, telehealth services include telehealth-eligible stroke services provided to an individual soon after the onset of acute-stroke symptoms. Certain originating-site requirements applicable to telehealth services under Medicare shall not apply with respect to such stroke services.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

FAST Act of 2017

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · 177 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1148, Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act of 2017 (2017-10-23)

Cosponsors on this site

Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Brian Babin (R-TX), Michael R. Turner (R-OH), Andy Harris (R-MD), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Richard Hudson (R-NC), David P. Joyce (R-OH), Andy Barr (R-KY), Tom Cole (R-OK), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), John H. Rutherford (R-FL), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) and 117 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1148 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115