H.R. 7885, Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act
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H.R. 7885 was introduced in the House of Representatives on July 30, 2020, by Porter, for herself and Upton, and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. It may be cited as the Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act or the RPM Access Act. Section 2 amends Title VIII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) by adding a proviso that appropriated funds are available for the costs of furnishing remote patient monitoring services that meet evidence-based or clinical practice guidelines and appropriate patient data security and privacy standards. The amendment takes effect as if included in the enactment of that Act.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7885
To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief funds,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 30, 2020
Ms. PORTER (for herself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of
provider relief funds, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Remote Patient Moni-
5 toring Access Act’’ or ‘‘RPM Access Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED USES OF PRO-
7 VIDER RELIEF FUNDS.
8 (a) CLARIFICATION.—Title VIII of division B of the
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9 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
10 lic Law 116–136) is amended in the third paragraph
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1 under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Public
2 Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ by inserting
3 after the fifth proviso the following: ‘‘Provided further,
4 That funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act
5 shall be available for the costs associated with furnishing
6 remote patient monitoring services that meet evidence-
7 based practice guidelines or clinical practice guidelines (in-
8 cluding but not limited to such guidelines issued by profes-
9 sional medical associations, voluntary health organiza-
10 tions, or agencies of the Department of Health and
11 Human Services (including the National Institutes of
12 Health)) and that meet appropriate patient data security
13 and privacy standards (including but not limited to such
14 standards established under the Health Insurance Port-
15 ability and Accountability Act of 1996, the National Insti-
16 tute of Standards and Technology Common Security
17 Framework, or the international standard for information
18 security management system ISO/IEC 27001):’’.
19 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
20 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
21 ment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-
22 rity Act (Public Law 116–136).
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