USE OF TELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER PRIOR TO RECERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD.

SEC. 3706. USE OF TELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT FACE-TO-FACE ENCOUNTER PRIOR TO RECERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD. Section 1814(a)(7)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7(D)(i)) is amended— (1) by striking “a hospice” and inserting “(I) subject to subclause (II), a hospice”; and (2) by inserting after subclause (I), as added by paragraph (1), the following new subclause: “(II) during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), a hospice physician or nurse practitioner may conduct a face-to-face encounter required under this clause via telehealth, as determined appropriate by the Secretary; and” .