1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Testing at Residence Telehealth Act of 2020 . 2. Coverage and payment for certain tests and assistive telehealth consultations during the COVID–19 emergency period (a) Coverage and payment rule (1) In general Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (9) Coverage and payment for certain tests and assistive telehealth consultations during COVID–19 emergency period (A) In general During the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), the Secretary shall pay for a test described in subparagraph (C) that is ordered and an assistive telehealth consultation that is furnished via a telecommunications system by a physician or practitioner to an eligible telehealth individual enrolled under this part notwithstanding that the individual physician or practitioner ordering the test did not furnish the test or that the individual physician or practitioner providing the assistive telehealth consultation is not at the same location as the beneficiary. (B) Payment amount During the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), the Secretary shall pay to a physician or practitioner located at a distant site that— (i) orders a test described in subparagraph (C) to an eligible telehealth individual an amount equal to the amount that such physician or practitioner would have been paid for a diagnostic laboratory test under section 1833(h)