To provide funding for telehealth programs.

1. Adds SEC. __. TELEHEALTH at the end of title II

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. TELEHEALTH.

   Inserted: (a) Appropriation.--In addition to amounts otherwise appropriated under this Act, there are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 to carry out programs and activities under the Health Care Safety Net Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-251) and the amendments made by such Act, and for other telehealth programs under section 330I of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-14), of which--

   Inserted: (1) $2,500,000 shall be for not less than 10 telehealth resource centers that provide assistance with respect to technical, legal, and regulatory service delivery or other related barriers to the deployment of telehealth technologies, of which not less than 2 centers shall be located in a rural State with a population of less than 1,500,000 individuals;

   Inserted: (2) $5,000,000 shall be for network grants and demonstration or pilot projects for telehomecare; and

   Inserted: (3) $2,500,000 shall be for grants to carry out programs under which health licensing boards or various States cooperate to develop and implement policies that will reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telehealth.

   Inserted: (b) Offset.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, amounts made available under this Act for the administration and related expenses for the departmental management for the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Education, shall be reduced, on a pro rata basis, by $10,000,000. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall administer such reductions.

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   At the end of title II (before the short title), add the following:

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