Sec. 202. Rural health care program of the FCC
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In this section— the term Commission means the Federal Communications Commission; and the term Healthcare Connect Fund means the Healthcare Connect Fund of the Commission under subpart G of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall institute and refer to a Federal-State Joint Board under section 410(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 410(c) ) a proceeding to— review the process for submitting a request for services under the Healthcare Connect Fund; and make recommendations to the Commission on ways that the Commission can simplify the process described in subparagraph (A).
Not later than 1 year after the date on which the Federal-State Joint Board makes recommendations to the Commission under paragraph (1)(B), the Commission shall implement those recommendations. Section 254(h)(7)(B) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 254(h)(7)(B) ) is amended— in clause (vii), by striking and at the end; by redesignating clause
(viii)as clause (ix); by inserting after clause
(vii)the following: any other entities that provide health care and remote patient management, as determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services; and ; and in clause (ix), as so redesignated, by striking through
(vii)and inserting through
(viii). The Commission shall amend section 54.633(a) of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations— by striking All health care providers and inserting the following: Except as provided in paragraph (2), all health care providers ; in paragraph (1), as so designated— by striking a 65 percent and inserting not less than an 85 percent ; and by striking 35 percent and inserting not more than 15 percent ; and by adding at the end the following: The Federal Communications Commission may decrease the percentage of the total cost of eligible expenses that a health care provider is required to contribute under paragraph (1), including by eliminating the requirement that the health care provider contribute any percentage of that cost, if the health care provider is located on Tribal lands, as defined in section 54.400, or any successor regulation. .
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