# 116-hr-8283: TREAT Act

116-hr-8283, TREAT Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8283
- Congress: 116
- Title: TREAT Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-09-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Temporary Reciprocity to Ensure Access to Treatment Act or the TREAT Act This bill temporarily allows, subject to scope of practice and other requirements, a health care professional to provide in-person and telehealth services in any U.S. jurisdiction based on that individual's authorization to practice in any one state or territory. Specifically, health care professionals may provide these services in jurisdictions other than where they are licensed, certified, or authorized to practice for up to 180 days after the end of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency. In addition, the bill provides certain authorities to health care professional regulatory bodies, such as medical boards, to investigate and take disciplinary actions against a professional who provides telehealth services to a patient in that organization's jurisdiction pursuant to this bill. The bill also permits the Department of Health and Human Services to similarly expand the authority of health care professionals to provide these services in the event of future major disasters or emergencies.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2] (D-MD), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (D-MD), 2020-09-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2020-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5] (D-PA), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2020-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020
- 116-hr-943: Never Again Education Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8283 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8283)

## Related
- [116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4104)
- [116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1570)
- [116-hr-943: Never Again Education Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-943)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2423)
- [116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2382)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8283 (as of 2025-11-18).