; and (ii) by striking individual physician or practitioner and inserting individual physician or professional ; and (B) in paragraph (4), by— (i) striking subparagraph (E); and (ii) inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph: (E) Professional described For purposes of paragraph (1), a professional described in this subparagraph is— (i) a practitioner described in section 1842(b)(18)(C); or (ii) with respect to services furnished on or after the date that is 6 months after the date of the enactment of the Medicare Telehealth Parity Act of 2017, a certified diabetes educator or licensed— (I) respiratory therapist; (II) audiologist; (III) occupational therapist; (IV) physical therapist; or (V) speech language pathologist. . (4) Additional covered telehealth services Section 1834(m)(4)(F)(i) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(F)(i) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: Such term shall include respiratory services, audiology services (as defined in section 1861(ll)), and outpatient therapy services, including physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services. . (5) Expansion of telecommunications system The second sentence of section 1834(m)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(1) ) is amended by striking in the case of any Federal telemedicine demonstration program conducted in Alaska or Hawaii, . (6) Rural health clinics and Federally qualified health centers authorized to be distant sites Section 1834(m)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(A) ) is amended— (A) by striking site.— The term and inserting site.— (i) In general The term