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H.R. 6202: Telehealth Extension Act of 2021

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H.R. 6202: Telehealth Extension Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-12-09 · Health · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-12-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · 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

Telehealth Extension Act of 2021

Plain summary

Telehealth Extension Act of 2021 This bill expands and otherwise modifies coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently (1) removes geographic restrictions on originating sites (i.e., the location of the beneficiary), (2) allows the home of the beneficiary to serve as the originating site for all services, and (3) allows federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner). The bill also extends any Medicare telehealth flexibilities that were granted during the COVID-19 public health emergency until two years after the emergency ends and generally allows such flexibilities to be granted during any public health emergency. In addition, the bill (1) allows for Medicare payment of outpatient critical access hospital services consisting of telehealth behavioral therapy until two years after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends; and (2) after the emergency ends, conditions payment for certain high-cost laboratory tests and durable medical equipment that are ordered via telehealth on at least one in-person visit during the preceding six-month period.

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Official text

Telehealth Extension Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] · 82 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Mike Thompson (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), André Carson (D-IN), Angie Craig (D-MN), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX), Darin LaHood (R-IL), Carol D. Miller (R-WV), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Vern Buchanan (R-FL), Ed Case (D-HI), Judy Chu (D-CA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA), Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Grace Meng (D-NY), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), John B. Larson (D-CT), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Greg Stanton (D-AZ), David G. Valadao (R-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Tom Cole (R-OK), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK) and 22 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-35] reported raising $471,289 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6202 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117