Furthering Access to Stroke Telemedicine Act of 2017 or the FAST Act of 2017
This bill specifies that, under Medicare, telehealth services include telehealth-eligible stroke services provided to an individual soon after the onset of acute-stroke symptoms. Certain originating-site requirements applicable to telehealth services under Medicare shall not apply with respect to such stroke services.
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-12-06 | Calendars | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 328. | House floor actions |
| 2017-12-06 | Discharge | Committee on Ways and Means discharged. | House floor actions |
| 2017-12-06 | Committee | Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 115-444, Part I. | House floor actions |
| 2017-10-04 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2017-10-04 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2017-09-13 | Committee | Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote . | House committee actions |
| 2017-09-13 | Committee | Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2017-03-01 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2017-02-17 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. | House committee actions |
| 2017-02-16 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-02-16 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2017-02-16 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |