REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING ORIGINATING SITES FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES.

SEC. 301. REMOVING GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDING ORIGINATING SITES FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES. (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 inserting “clause (iii) and” after “Except as provided in”; and (B) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(iii) Expanding access to telehealth services.—With respect to telehealth services identified in subparagraph (F)(i) as of the date of the enactment of this clause that are furnished during the 151-day period beginning on the first day after the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), the term ‘originating site’ means any site in the United States at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished via a telecommunications system, including the home of an individual.” ; and (2) in paragraph (7)(A), by inserting “or, for the period for which clause (iii) of paragraph (4)(C) applies, at any site described in such clause” before the period at the end. (b) No Facility Fee for New Sites.—Section 1834(m)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(2)(B)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking “clause (ii)” and inserting “clauses (ii) and (iii)”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new clause: “(iii) No facility fee for new sites.—With respect to telehealth services identified in paragraph (4)(F)(i) as of the date of the enactment of this clause that are furnished during the 151-day period beginning on the first day after the end of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), a facility fee shall only be paid under this subparagraph to an originating site that is described in paragraph (4)(C)(ii) (other than subclause (X) of such paragraph).” .