House bill · 116th Congress · Did not become law
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.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 28, 2020
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
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Latest action: Apr 28, 2020 — 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6644.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SCHRIER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 80, April 28, 2020, Page H1965):Article 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 28, 2020 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 9 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6644, 116th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/6644
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 20, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
50 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 44 Democrats
6 of 50 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Cynthia Axne (D-IA), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Tj Cox (D-CA), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Theodore Deutch (D-FL), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Abby Finkenauer (D-IA), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Jahana Hayes (D-CT), Jared Huffman (D-CA), John Katko (R-NY), Susie Lee (D-NV), Andy Levin (D-MI), Stephen Lynch (D-MA), Ben McAdams (D-UT), James McGovern (D-MA), Joseph Morelle (D-NY), Gregory Murphy (R-NC), Grace Napolitano (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and 20 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 116th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Kim Schrier.
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- H.R. 4665 (116th) Medicare Vision Act of 2019
- H.R. 2862 (116th) VACCINES Act of 2019
- H.R. 6725 (116th) Farmers Feeding Families Coronavirus Response Act
- H.R. 2076 (116th) Early Detection to Stop Infant Abuse and Prevent Fatalities Act
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 20, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.