# 116-hr-8156: Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020

116-hr-8156, Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX); status Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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-8156
- Congress: 116
- Title: Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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: 2020-09-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020 This bill extends through December 31, 2025, several telehealth flexibilities that were initially authorized during the public health emergency relating to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), such as expanded Medicare coverage of such services.

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8675: Preventing Regulatory Penalties for PPP Lenders Act
- 116-hr-8650: Eliminate the Digital Divide Act
- 116-hr-8547: Incentivize Energy-Saving Improvements Act
- 116-hr-8528: Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020
- 116-hr-8453: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 Galveston Road in Houston, Texas, as the "Vanessa Guillén Post Office Building".
- 116-hr-8413: MINOR Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8156 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8156)

## Related
- [116-hr-8675: Preventing Regulatory Penalties for PPP Lenders Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8675)
- [116-hr-8650: Eliminate the Digital Divide Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8650)
- [116-hr-8547: Incentivize Energy-Saving Improvements Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8547)
- [116-hr-8528: Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8528)
- [116-hr-8453: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5302 G…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8453)
- [116-hr-8413: MINOR Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8413)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8156 (as of 2025-11-18).