1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020 . 2. Increasing rural health access during the COVID–19 public health emergency (a) Definitions Subsection (a) of section 330I of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–14 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), and (9), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as redesignated, the following new paragraph: (1) COVID–19 emergency period The term COVID–19 emergency period means the period beginning on the date of enactment of the Increasing Rural Health Access During the COVID–19 Public Health Emergency Act of 2020 and ending on the date on which the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act with respect to the COVID–19 outbreak in the United States expires. ; and (3) by inserting before paragraph (8), as redesignated, the following: (7) Remote patient monitoring technology The term remote patient monitoring technology means digital technologies used to collect medical and other forms of health data from individuals in one location and electronically transmit such data securely to health care providers in a different location for assessment, recommendations, and interventions. . (b) Programs Subsection (b) of section 330I of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–14 ) is amended— (1) by striking The Secretary shall establish, under section 301 and inserting the following: (1) In general The Secretary shall establish, under section 301