S.Amdt. 2566

SA 2566. Mrs. HYDE-SMITH submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S.
178, to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims
in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture,
and harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end, add the following:

SEC. 3. EXTENDING MEDICARE TELEHEALTH FLEXIBILITIES FOR
FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND RURAL
HEALTH CLINICS.

(a) In General.--Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)(C)--
(A) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I),
by striking ``and (7)'' and inserting ``(7), and (8)''; and
(B) in clause (ii)(X), by inserting ``or paragraph
(8)(A)(i)'' before the period; and
(2) in paragraph (8)--
(A) in the paragraph heading by inserting ``and for an
additional period after'' after ``during '';
(B) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``and
the 5-year period beginning on the first day after the end of
such emergency period'' after ``1135(g)(1)(B)'';
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(iii) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
(iv) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new
clause:
``(iii) the geographic requirements described in paragraph
(4)(C)(i) shall not apply with respect to such a telehealth
service; and'';
(C) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
(i) in the first sentence, by inserting ``and the 5-year
period beginning on the first day after the end of such
emergency period'' before the period; and
(ii) in the third sentence, by striking ``program
instruction or otherwise'' and inserting ``interim final
rule, program instruction, or otherwise''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(C) Requirement during additional period.--
``(i) In general.--During the 5-year period beginning on
the first day after the end of the emergency period described
in section 1135(g)(1)(B), payment may only be made under this
paragraph for a telehealth service described in subparagraph
(A)(i) that is furnished to an eligible telehealth individual
if such service is furnished by a qualified provider (as
defined in clause (ii)).
``(ii) Definition of qualified provider.--For purposes of
this subparagraph, the term `qualified provider' means, with
respect to a

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telehealth service described in subparagraph (A)(i) that is
furnished to an eligible telehealth individual, a Federally
qualified health center or rural health clinic that furnished
to such individual, during the 3-year period ending on the
date the telehealth service was furnished, an item or service
in person for which--

``(I) payment was made under this title; or
``(II) such payment would have been made if such individual
were entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under this title
at the time such item or service was furnished.''.

(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
(other than the amendment made by subsection (a)(2)(D)) shall
take effect as if included in the enactment of the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public
Law 116-136).

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