1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Respiration through Expanding Access to Tele-Health Act or the BREATHE Act . 2. Pilot program for including respiratory therapists as telehealth practitioners under the Medicare program (a) In general Beginning not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall establish a 3-year pilot program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to furnishing telehealth disease management services to eligible telehealth individuals who are diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease for purposes of determining the value of including qualifying respiratory therapists as telehealth practitioners under the Medicare program to improve health outcomes for, reduce unnecessary emergency department visits and hospital admissions and readmissions of, and lower the cost of care provided to such individuals. (b) Telehealth access Under the pilot program, coverage shall be provided under title XVIII of the Social Security Act for telehealth disease management services furnished to eligible telehealth individuals who are diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by applying section 1834(m) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ), as if— (1) the reference in paragraph (1) of such section to a practitioner (as described in section 1842(b)(18)(C)) were a reference to a practitioner (as defined in paragraph (4)(E)) ; (2) paragraph (2)(B) of such section does not apply to any site that satisfies the definition of the term originating site applied pursuant to paragraph (3) and that would not otherwise be included as an originating site without application of such paragraph