1. Pilot Program to expand telehealth options under the Medicare program for certain individuals (a) In general Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (5) Pilot program (A) In general During a five-year period that begins not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program that applies this subsection, with respect to an individual described in subparagraph (B), in the manner in which the Secretary would apply such subsection if— (i) such pilot program were, for purposes of the provision of paragraph (1) relating to store-and-forward technologies, a Federal telemedicine demonstration program conducted in Alaska or Hawaii; (ii) any service furnished under the pilot program were, for purposes of paragraph (4)(C)(i) (relating to the furnishing of services at rural sites), furnished at a site that is located in an area described in subclause (I) of such paragraph or a county described in subclause (II) of such paragraph; (iii) paragraph (3)(A) required the Secretary to apply the provisions of section 1848(g) and subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1842(b)(18) to a physician or practitioner receiving payment under this subsection in the same manner as they apply to physicians, suppliers (including the suppliers that, pursuant to clause (vi), are included in the definition of practitioner for purposes of the pilot program), or practitioners under such sections; (iv) the term telehealth service , as defined in paragraph (4)(F)(i), included, in addition to such the service described in such paragraph, any physical, respiratory, occupational, psychological, and speech therapy for which coverage is provided under this title when the individual physician or practitioner providing the service is at the same location as the beneficiary