Sec. 7. Rural health clinics and Federally qualified health centers
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Section 1834(m)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(C) ) is amended— in clause (i), by striking The term and inserting Subject to clause (iii), the term ; and by adding at the end the following new clause: In the case of a service furnished on or after the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of the CONNECT for Health Act of 2017 , the term originating site shall also include any Federally qualified health center and any rural health clinic (as such terms are defined in section 1861(aa)) at which the eligible telehealth individual is located at the time the service is furnished via a telecommunications system, whether or not they are located in an area described in clause (i), insofar as such sites are not otherwise included in the definition of originating site under such clause, subject to applicable State law requirements, including State licensure requirements. .
Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended— in the first sentence of paragraph (1)— by striking or a practitioner (described in section 1842(b)(18)(C)) and inserting , a practitioner (described in section 1842(b)(18)(C)), a Federally qualified health center, or a rural health clinic ; and by striking or practitioner and inserting , practitioner, Federally qualified health center, or rural health clinic ; in paragraph (2)(A)— by inserting after eligible telehealth individual the following: or to a Federally qualified health center or rural health clinic that serves as a distant site and furnishes a telehealth service to an eligible telehealth individual ; and by striking such physician or practitioner and inserting such physician, practitioner, Federally qualified health center, or rural health clinic ; and in paragraph (4)(A), by inserting the following before the period at the end: and includes a Federally qualified health center or rural health clinic that furnishes a telehealth service to an eligible individual .
The amendments made by this section shall apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2018.
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Rural health clinics and Federally qualified health centers
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