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Senate passes Schatz-Wicker resolution designating Telehealth Awareness Week

The US Senate passed a bipartisan resolution authored by US Sens, Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) designating Sept. 14-20 as “Telehealth Awareness Week.”

Schatz leads bill to permanently expand telehealth as pandemic-era coverage nears expiration

Without Congressional action, current Telehealth flexibilities will expire Sept. 30, 2025.

Schatz leads bipartisan group of 10 senators urging additional disaster relief funding

US Sen. Brian Schatz led 10 bipartisan senators on Friday in calling for additional disaster relief funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s disaster relief fund and Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) ahead of the governments’ Sept. 30 funding deadline.

Schatz Leads Group in Reintroducing Legislation To Expand Telehealth Access

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) led a bipartisan group of 50 senators in reintroducing the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies for Health Act of 2021.

Telehealth Provisions Pass in Budget Deal

Backers of the bill say the CHRONIC Care Act “lifts outdated restrictions that limit Medicare from reimbursing for telehealth.”