be able to have access to qualified medical professionals, including such professionals licensed in other States, without the delays that would be required for individualized licensing during a time when State agencies’ capacity to review and process licensing requests are limited by the pandemic. (5) The provision of services by medical professionals, including services provided at no cost and services provided to patients in a State other than the State or States in which the medical professional maintains an office for professional services, affects interstate commerce. When used to provide services to patients located in a State other than the State in which the medical professional is located, telehealth services, as defined in section 3, utilize facilities of interstate commerce. (6) The inability of patients to visit in-State health care providers during the current crisis substantially affects interstate commerce. Economic activity has been limited by public health authorities and other government officials to flatten the curve of infections and hospitalizations and thereby prevent the health care system from becoming overwhelmed. Maximizing the efficient and effective use of health care resources is therefore vital to reopening the economy. (7) Barriers to the efficient delivery of health care services will lead to a shortage of those services that substantially affect health care availability across State lines. Shortages in health care services in one State prompt interstate travel to obtain health care in other States, even though discouraging such travel, particularly among the sick, is vital to containing the contagion and reopening the national economy. 3. Definitions In this Act: (1) the term health care professional means an individual who— (A) has a valid and unrestricted license or certification from, or is otherwise authorized by, a State, the District of Columbia, or a territory or possession of the United States, for any health profession, including mental health