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H.R. 366: Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2021

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H.R. 366: Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-01-19 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-01-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · 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.

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Official title

Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2021

Plain summary

Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 This bill makes permanent several telehealth flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), particularly with respect to Medicare coverage of telehealth services. For example, the bill permanently allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner) for telehealth services under Medicare. Payment must be made in the same manner as for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The bill also permanently allows beneficiaries to receive Medicare telehealth services at any site, regardless of type or location, and grants the CMS general authority to waive any other requirements during any emergency period.

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Official text

Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] · 63 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), John R. Curtis (R-UT), Peter Welch (D-VT), Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John B. Larson (D-CT), Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Grace Meng (D-NY), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), William R. Keating (D-MA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jim Banks (R-IN), Blake D. Moore (R-UT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM), Josh Harder (D-CA), Austin Scott (R-GA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Lucy McBath (D-GA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) and 3 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-5] reported raising $5.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Authorization
A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
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-cong117-hr366 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117