H.R. 6296 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
Advancing Access to Telehealth Act
Cosponsors: 1 (0 D, 1 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-10
Introduced: 2025-11-25
Latest action (2025-11-25): 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.
What H.R. 6296 does, in plain terms
Advancing Access to Telehealth Act This bill modifies requirements relating to coverage of telehealth services under Medicare. Specifically, the bill permanently extends certain flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19. Among other things, the bill allows (1) rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner); (2) the home of a beneficiary to serve as the originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for all services (rather than for only certain services); and (3) audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists to furnish telehealth services.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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