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Committee considers one-year extension for telehealth study, to examine federal policy and post‑COVID trends
Summary
Representatives and health advocates told the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee that a previously chartered telehealth study commission should be reestablished for one supplemental report to capture post‑COVID usage patterns and to examine federal policy implications.
The House Committee on Health and Human Services and Elderly Affairs on Wednesday heard testimony on House Bill 72, a bill to extend a commission that studied telehealth services and allow a supplemental report with an expanded charter to examine federal policies and potentially recommend legislation.
Representative Jess Edwards, prime sponsor, told the committee the original commission’s final report was based on data heavily influenced by the COVID‑19 pandemic and recommended a short extension to gather “status quo” data after pandemic distortions subside. “Because the final…
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