UPDATE: H.R.1397 – To provide for strategies to increase access to telehealth under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

LATEST ACTION: February 26, 2021 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

BILL TITLE: To provide for strategies to increase access to telehealth under the Medicaid program and Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.

[NOTE: The contents of this legislative update are current as of 06:00 AM on March 1, 2021.]

BILL NUMBER: 117th Congress: House Bill 1397 (H.R.1397)

CHAMBER OF ORIGIN: U.S. House of Representatives

CURRENT CHAMBER: U.S. House of Representatives

For DETAILED LEGISLATIVE INFORMATION on H.R.1397, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1397

BILL TEXT: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1397/text

ACTIONS-TO-DATE (ordered by most recent first):

02/26/2021 -- House -- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

02/26/2021 -- House -- Introduced in House.

SPONSOR(S)*:

-- Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large]

CO-SPONSOR(S)*:

[*Note: Sponsors and co-sponsors are current as of February 26, 2021. For the most up-to-date version of the sponsor and co-sponsor lists, visit: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1397/cosponsors ]

-- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]

COMMITTEES: House Energy and Commerce Committee.