Remote Patient Monitoring Access Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7885 To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief funds, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 30, 2020 Ms. PORTER (for herself and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the CARES Act to clarify authorized uses of provider relief funds, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Remote Patient Moni- 4 toring Access Act’’ or ‘‘RPM Access Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORIZED USES OF PRO- 6 VIDER RELIEF FUNDS. 7 (a) CLARIFICATION.—Title VIII of division B of the 8 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub- 9 lic Law 116–136) is amended in the third paragraph 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:08 Aug 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7885.IH H7885 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7885 IH under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Public 1 Health and Social Services Emergency Fund’’ by inserting 2 after the fifth proviso the following: ‘‘Provided further, 3 That funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act 4 shall be available for the costs associated with furnishing 5 remote patient monitoring services that meet evidence- 6 based practice guidelines or clinical practice guidelines (in- 7 cluding but not limited to such guidelines issued by profes- 8 sional medical associations, voluntary health organiza- 9 tions, or agencies of the Department of Health and 10 Human Services (including the National Institutes of 11 Health)) and that meet appropriate patient data security 12 and privacy standards (including but not limited to such 13 standards established under the Health Insurance Port- 14 ability and Accountability Act of 1996, the National Insti- 15 tute of Standards and Technology Common Security 16 Framework, or the international standard for information 17 security management system ISO/IEC 27001):’’. 18 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 19 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact- 20 ment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu- 21 rity Act (Public Law 116–136). 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:08 Aug 18, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7885.IH H7885 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS