1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Rural Telehealth Access Act . 2. Elimination of restrictions relating to telehealth services (a) Elimination of geographic requirements for originating sites Section 1834(m)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(C) ) is amended— (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking clause (iii) and inserting clauses (iii) and (iv) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new clause: (iv) Elimination of geographic requirements for originating sites The geographic requirements described in clause (i) shall not apply with respect to telehealth services furnished on or after January 1, 2025. . (b) Elimination of restrictions in which telehealth services may be furnished in the home Section 1834(m)(4)(C)(ii)(X) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(C)(i)(X) is amended to read as follows:. (X) (aa) For the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this subclause and ending on December 31, 2024, the home of an individual but only for purposes of section 1881(b)(3)(B) or telehealth services described in paragraph (7). (bb) For the period beginning on or after January 1, 2025, the home of an individual. . (c) Elimination of restrictions on store-and-Forward technologies The second sentence of section 1834(m)(1) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(1) ) is amended by striking in the case of any Federal telemedicine demonstration program conducted in Alaska or Hawaii, . 3. Telehealth flexibilities for critical access hospitals Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by striking and (9) and inserting (9), and (10) ; (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking paragraph (8) and inserting paragraphs (8) and (10) ; (3) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking paragraph (8) and inserting paragraphs (8) and (10) ; and (B) in subparagraph (F)(i), by striking paragraph (8) and inserting paragraphs (8) and (10)