Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents
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This Act may be cited as the or the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2021 . CONNECT for Health Act of 2021 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings and sense of Congress. TITLE I—Removing barriers to telehealth coverage Sec. 101. Expanding the use of telehealth through the waiver of requirements. Sec. 102. Removing geographic requirements for telehealth services.
Sec. 103. Expanding originating sites. Sec. 104. Use of telehealth in emergency medical care. Sec. 105. Improvements to the process for adding telehealth services. Sec. 106. Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. Sec. 107. Native American health facilities. Sec. 108. Waiver of telehealth requirements during public health emergencies. Sec. 109. Use of telehealth in recertification for hospice care. TITLE II—Program integrity Sec. 201. Clarification for fraud and abuse laws regarding technologies provided to beneficiaries.
Sec. 202. Additional resources for telehealth oversight. Sec. 203. Provider and beneficiary education on telehealth. TITLE III—Data and testing of models Sec. 301. Study on telehealth utilization during the COVID–19 pandemic. Sec. 302. Analysis of telehealth waivers in alternative payment models. Sec. 303. Model to allow additional health professionals to furnish telehealth services. Sec. 304. Testing of models to examine the use of telehealth under the Medicare program.