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H.R. 3419: To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.

119th Congress · introduced 2025-05-14 · Health · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Official title

To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.

Plain summary

This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 grant programs to support telehealth networks and telehealth resource centers, which are administered by the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth within the Health Resources and Services Administration. These programs provide grants to health care providers and related entities to establish telehealth networks that expand access to and improve the quality of health care services and information in rural and medically underserved areas and for medically underserved populations.

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To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] · 1 cosponsors

Money: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3419, an act to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs (2026-05-29) No linked contracts or vendors yet.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr3419 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills