# 116-hr-6644: To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency.

116-hr-6644, To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA); status Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6644
- Congress: 116
- Title: To require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to provide coverage for services furnished via telehealth if such services would be covered if furnished in-person during the COVID-19 emergency.
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
- Introduced: 2020-04-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Schrier, Kim [D-WA-8] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 50
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill requires private health insurance plans to cover certain services provided via telecommunications systems (i.e., telehealth) during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, the telehealth services must be deemed medically necessary by a health care provider and covered under the plan if provided in person. Plans must apply the same cost-sharing and reimbursement amounts that would otherwise apply to such services and may waive cost-sharing requirements for any services to diagnose or treat COVID-19, including via telehealth.

## Cosponsors (50)

- Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] (R-TN), 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morelle, Joseph D. [D-NY-25] (D-NY), 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2020-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wild, Susan [D-PA-7] (D-PA), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2020-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV), 2020-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Axne, Cynthia [D-IA-3] (D-IA), 2020-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7] (D-AL), 2020-05-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5] (D-CT), 2020-05-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2020-06-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Gregory F. [R-NC-3] (R-NC), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] (D-GA), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Levin, Andy [D-MI-9] (D-MI), 2020-06-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Craig, Angie [D-MN-2] (D-MN), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finkenauer, Abby [D-IA-1] (D-IA), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31] (D-CA), 2020-06-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2020-06-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McAdams, Ben [D-UT-4] (D-UT), 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2020-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2020-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rose, Max [D-NY-11] (D-NY), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2020-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2] (D-PA), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-08-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] (D-OR), 2020-08-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1] (D-RI), 2020-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cox, TJ [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2020-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deutch, Theodore E. [D-FL-22] (D-FL), 2020-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29] (D-CA), 2020-09-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2020-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2020-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Young, Don [R-AK-At Large] (R-AK), 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2020-10-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Porter, Katie [D-CA-47] (D-CA), 2020-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX), 2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA), 2020-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [116-hr-6644 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6644)

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