118th Congress Health
H.R. 7858: TELEMH Act of 2024
Passed House
- Introduced (completed)
- Passed House (completed)
- Passed Senate (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to create a billing modifier for certain telehealth services under Medicare.
Specifically, the CMS must create a billing modifier for telehealth services that are billed as incident to a physician or practitioner's services.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Donald Davis D-NCOriginal
- David Schweikert R-AZOriginal
- Mary Peltola D-AK
Who scored on this bill
- 1John James SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, marked up, reported, discharged, passed House6 events+92
- 2Donald DavisCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Mary PeltolaCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2David SchweikertCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the House by voice vote.
- Introduced in the House by John James.
Show the full action history (18 actions)
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Mrs. Rodgers (WA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5308-5309)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 7858.
- Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5308)
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5308)
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 118-673, Part I.
- Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 569.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 0.
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.