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H.R. 6487: ACCESS Act

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H.R. 6487: ACCESS Act

116th Congress · introduced 2020-04-10 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2020-04-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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

ACCESS Act

Plain summary

Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act or the ACCESS Act This bill (1) provides appropriations for the Telehealth Resource Center Program of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy in the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) to develop telehealth capacity for certain nursing facilities, and (2) directs other activities to increase access to telehealth services in such facilities during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. HRSA shall award grants, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, to skilled nursing facilities and other nursing facilities to support virtual visits to residents during the emergency. The Department of Health and Human Services must also provide recommendations related to immediately increasing access, during the emergency, to telehealth services for which Medicare and Medicaid payments are available in skilled and other nursing facilities.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

ACCESS Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] · 87 cosponsors

Cost estimate: No cost estimate published yet.

Cosponsors on this site

Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), Diana DeGette (D-CO), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Darren Soto (D-FL), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Josh Harder (D-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Jason Crow (D-CO), Lauren Underwood (D-IL), James A. Himes (D-CT), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Dina Titus (D-NV), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), André Carson (D-IN), Susie Lee (D-NV), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Maxine Waters (D-CA) and 27 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] reported raising $415,385 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6487 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116