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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 10920 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10920

 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a program under 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services makes grants to State 
professional licensing boards for the development and implementation of 
 policies to reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2026

 Mrs. Cammack introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize a program under 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services makes grants to State 
professional licensing boards for the development and implementation of 
 policies to reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to telemedicine, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Telehealth Access and Licensure 
Portability Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) telehealth is expanding access to health care in the 
        United States, particularly in rural and underserved areas; and
            (2) reauthorizing the authority of the Secretary of Health 
        and Human Services to make grants to State professional 
        licensing boards for the development and implementation of 
        policies to reduce statutory and regulatory barriers to 
        telemedicine will further interstate workforce mobility and 
        reduce administrative barriers to practice medicine across 
        State lines.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF INCENTIVE GRANT PROGRAM TO REDUCE STATUTORY 
              AND REGULATORY BARRIERS TO TELEMEDICINE.

    Section 330L(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c-
18(b)) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 2002 through 2006'' and 
inserting ``fiscal years 2026 through 2031''.
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Telehealth Access and Licensure Portability Act of 2026

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