Adrian Smith: “These organizations fully understand the vital role that rural health clinics and FQHCs and critical access hospitals…”

“These organizations fully understand the vital role that rural health clinics and FQHCs and critical access hospitals play in ensuring access to care for those in rural and underserved areas. Even with the passage of this bill, the future of telehealth after the government-designated public health emergency is uncertain. More work needs to be done to assess what has worked well over the last 2 years, what can be improved, and what can safely be left behind. While I do encourage Members to vote ``yes'' on this bill, I hope in the future we can work in a true bipartisan fashion under regular order to address the gaps that we know exist in policy and set a long-term, sustainable course for telehealth well beyond 2024. Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1315”