To authorize certain postgraduate health care employees and health professions trainees of the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide treatment via telemedicine.

SA 1878. Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself, Ms. Sinema, Mrs. Blackburn, and
Mr. Perdue) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to
the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1085. MODIFICATION OF LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTH
CARE PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING TREATMENT VIA
TELEMEDICINE.

Section 1730C(b) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended to read as follows:
``(b) Covered Health Care Professionals.--For purposes of
this section, a covered health care professional is any of
the following individuals:
``(1) A health care professional who--
``(A) is an employee of the Department appointed under
section 7306, 7401, 7405, 7406, or 7408 of this title or
title 5;
``(B) is authorized by the Secretary to provide health care
under this chapter;
``(C) is required to adhere to all standards for quality
relating to the provision of health care in accordance with
applicable policies of the Department; and
``(D)(i) has an active, current, full, and unrestricted
license, registration, or certification in a State to
practice the health care profession of the health care
professional; or
``(ii) with respect to a health care profession listed
under section 7402(b) of this title, has the qualifications
for such profession as set forth by the Secretary.
``(2) A postgraduate health care employee who--
``(A) is appointed under section 7401(1), 7401(3), or 7405
of this title or title 5 for any category of personnel
described in paragraph (1) or (3) of section 7401 of this
title;
``(B) must obtain an active, current, full, and
unrestricted license, registration, or certification or meet
qualification standards set forth by the Secretary within a
specified time frame; and
``(C) is under the clinical supervision of a health care
professional described in paragraph (1); or
``(3) A health professions trainee who--
``(A) is appointed under section 7405 or 7406 of this
title; and
``(B) is under the clinical supervision of a health care
professional described in paragraph (1).''.
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