1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Access to Post-COVID–19 Telehealth Act of 2020 . 2. Authorization for the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive or modify application of Medicare requirements with respect to telehealth services (a) Secretarial authority to temporarily waive or modify Medicare requirements with respect to telehealth services furnished during any emergency period Section 1135 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1320b–5 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (h) Waiver or modification of certain requirements with respect to telehealth services (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, during the period described paragraph (2), the Secretary may waive or modify any requirement with respect to a telehealth service payable under section 1834(m)(1) for such period. (2) Period described For purposes of paragraph (1), the period described in this paragraph is the period— (A) beginning on the first day of— (i) an emergency or disaster declared by the President pursuant to the National Emergencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or (ii) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act