H.R. 6644: To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency.

H.R. 6644: To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-04-28 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-04-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] · what a sponsor is
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Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency.

Plain summary

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover certain services provided via telecommunications systems (i.e., telehealth) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, the telehealth services must be deemed medically necessary by a health care provider and covered under the plan if provided in person. Plans must apply the same cost-sharing and reimbursement amounts that would otherwise apply to such services and may waive cost-sharing requirements for any services to diagnose or treat COVID-19, including via telehealth.

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Official text

To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] · 50 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Susie Lee (D-NV), John Garamendi (D-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Angie Craig (D-MN), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Peter Welch (D-VT), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Haley M. Stevens (D-MI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Jared Huffman (D-CA)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] reported raising $3.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr6644.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr6644 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116