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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
115TH CONGRESS
1st Session
[REPT. 115-480
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
INCREASING TELEHEALTH ACCESS IN MEDICARE ACT
DECEMBER 21, 2017.-
-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. BRADY of Texas, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 3727]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3727) to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to
include additional telehealth services for purposes of MA organiza-
tion bids, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
port favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that
the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ...............................................................
A. Purpose and Sum m ary .....................................................................
B. Background and Need for Legislation .............................................
C . Legislative H istory ............................................................................
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ..............................................................
A. The Increasing Telehealth Access in Medicare Act ........................
III. VOTES OF THE COM M ITTEE ....................................................................
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL ............................................................
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ......................................
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority ..................................................................
C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office .......
V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF
T H E H O U SE ..............................................................................................
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations .................
B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .............
C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates ................................
D. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited
T ariff B enefits .................................................................................
E. Duplication of Federal Program s .....................................................
F. Disclosure of Directed Rule Makings ..............................................
VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED
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