Brett Guthrie: “To close. Mr. Speaker, I didn't see my friend from Rhode Island on the floor when I was speaking earlier on Ms. DeGette…”

“To close. Mr. Speaker, I didn't see my friend from Rhode Island on the floor when I was speaking earlier on Ms. DeGette and her work in this. He has been working really hard. I appreciate my friend from Rhode Island leading on this issue and us being able to work together and our staffs working together to make something very important like this. His input was very important on the stakeholder issue, as was Ms. DeGette's. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote for the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Representatives Guthrie and Langevin for working with me on this very important bill, which addresses a national health care issue involving safety, efficiency and privacy affecting many of our constituents. As most people who have been engaged in this matter know, the mental health portion of the 21st Century Cures Act--the overwhelmingly bipartisan biomedical reform bill that was signed into law in December 2016--included what is called electronic visit verification (EVV) provisions. These provisions require states to verify the provider, date, time and site of personal care and home health services. They were meant to give patients the power to hold their providers accountable for delivering services when and where they are supposed to do so.…”