H.R. 8261 · 118th Congress

Preserving Telehealth, Hospital, and Ambulance Access Act

Introduced on May 7, 2024 by David Schweikert (R-AZ-1). One cosponsor. Latest action (Dec 19, 2024): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 786.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
May 7, 2024
Cosponsors
1
1 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend certain flexibilities and payment adjustments under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Accounting and auditing
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Computers and information technology
  • Congressional oversight
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Foreign language and bilingual programs
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Geography and mapping
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health personnel
  • Health programs administration and funding
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Home and outpatient care
  • Hospital care
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Medicare
  • Mental health
  • Performance measurement
  • Prescription drugs
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Retail and wholesale trades
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Technology assessment
  • Telephone and wireless communication

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

David SchweikertR-AZ-1Sponsor

Democrats · 1

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. May 7, 2024Introduced in House
  2. May 7, 2024Introduced in House
  3. May 7, 2024 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. May 7, 2024 · HouseReferred 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.
  5. May 8, 2024 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  6. May 8, 2024 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 0.
  7. May 10, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  8. Dec 17, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-891, Part I.
  9. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 118-891, Part I.
  10. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseHouse Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 19, 2024.
  11. Dec 19, 2024Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  12. Dec 19, 2024 · HouseCommittee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
  13. Dec 19, 2024 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 786.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. Healthcare Leadership Council6 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  2. Hospice Action Network6 reports
    $880K reported (all issues)
  3. MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY5 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  4. PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH & MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $21.4M reported (all issues)
  5. VITAS Healthcare Corporation5 reports
    $480K reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS4 reports
    $830K reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $6.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  8. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings4 reports
    $530K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA$7M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)3 reports
    $7.6M reported (all issues)
  10. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OPHTHALMOLOGY3 reports
  11. AMERICAN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $840K reported (all issues)
  12. ATA ACTION3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  13. Advanced Care at Home (ACH) Coalition3 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  14. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.3 reports
    $5.5M reported (all issues)
  15. American Medical Association3 reports
    $17M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  16. BETTER MEDICARE ALLIANCE, INC.3 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  17. CATHOLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES3 reports
    $502.9K reported (all issues)
  18. California Medical Association Inc.3 reports
    $172K reported (all issues)
  19. Cleveland Clinic Foundation3 reports
    Federal contractor: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. GSK (fka GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.)3 reports
    $4M reported (all issues)
  21. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.3 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTONAI match · 97%
  22. MCKESSON CORPORATION3 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MCKESSON CORPORATION$12.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  23. NEW JERSEY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  24. National Association of Community Health Centers3 reports
    $534K reported (all issues)
  25. The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA)3 reports
    $567K reported (all issues)
  26. The Cigna Group and subsidiaries (Formerly Cigna Corporation3 reports
    $5.3M reported (all issues)
  27. The Mount Sinai Hospital3 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MOUNT SINAI HOSPITALAI match · 100%
  28. UMASS MEMORIAL HEALTH CARE, INC3 reports
    $90K reported (all issues)
  29. ACADEMY OF DOCTORS OF AUDIOLOGY2 reports
    $10K reported (all issues)
  30. AMGEN INC.2 reports
    Federal contractor: AMGEN INC.AI match · 99%
  31. CentraState Healthcare System2 reports
  32. EMD SERONO, INC.2 reports
  33. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS2 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)
  34. Fulgent Genetics, Inc.)2 reports
  35. GENENTECH INC.2 reports
    Federal contractor: GENENTECH USA, INC$939.6K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  36. GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.2 reports
    Federal contractor: GILEAD SCIENCES INCAI match · 100%
  37. LEADINGAGE (FKA AMER. ASSOC. OF HOMES AND SERVICES FOR THE AGING)2 reports
    $28.8K reported (all issues)
  38. PHARMACEUTICAL CARE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $7.7M reported (all issues)
  39. PRIME THERAPEUTICS LLC2 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  40. St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2024, 2025.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.