1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Advancing Connectivity during the Coronavirus to Ensure Support for Seniors Act or the ACCESS Act . I Supplemental appropriations 101. Supplemental appropriations The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: Department of Health and Human Services Health resources and services administration rural health For an additional amount for the Telehealth Resource Center of the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy of the Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, to provide assistance with respect to technical, legal, regulatory service delivery or other related barriers to the development of telehealth technologies for skilled nursing facilities (as defined in section 1819 of the Social Security Act) and nursing facilities (as defined in section 1919 of such Act), $50,000,000 to remain available through September 30, 2021. II Increased Access to Telehealth Services and Other Technologies 201. Definitions In this title: (1) COVID–19 public health emergency period The term COVID–19 public health emergency period means the portion of the emergency period defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g) ) beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Medicaid program The term Medicaid program means, with respect to a State, the State program under title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (including any waiver or demonstration under such title or under section 1115 of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1315 ) relating to such title). (3) Medicare The term Medicare means the program of health insurance for the aged and disabled established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. (4) Nursing facility The term nursing facility has the meaning given that term in section 1919(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396r(a) ). (5) Secretary The term Secretary means