Congressman Pence Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Rural Access to Telehealth

Reps Greg Pence (R-IN) and Angie Craig (D-MN) introduced the Rural Telehealth Access Task Force Act (H.R.5506) to expand rural communities’ access to telehealth capabilities. The proposed legislation seeks to establish a Rural Telehealth Access Task Force between the Federal Communications Commission, United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Health and Human Service, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. If enacted by law, the task force would be commissioned with identifying barriers to the adoption of telehealth technologies in rural America, sharing information on the deployment of broadband funding through federal programs to expand access to broadband, and provide findings and recommendations to Congress.