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Promoting Telehealth in Rural America
The Federal Communications Commission published this proposed rule in the Federal Register on August 31, 2026. Comments closed on September 30, 2026.
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What the agency says
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) seeks comments on the scope of the similar service and rural area comparability requirements, comments on possible improvements to, or replacements of, our existing cost study method of determining rural telecommunications rates, comments on possible methods of promoting the use of lower-cost technologies intended to provide backup services, comments on a proposal to establish an eligible services list for the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program, comments on whether to adopt performance metrics to expedite the processing of RHC Program funding requests, and comments on whether to eliminate the approval requirement of evergreen contracts and an annual report requirement.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-17767
- Type
- Proposed rule
- Action
- Proposed rule
- Agency
- Federal Communications Commission
- Published
- August 31, 2026
- Comments due
- September 30, 2026
- Dates
- Comments are due on or before September 30, 2026 and reply comments are due on or before October 30, 2026. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this document, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.
- Docket
- WC Docket No. 17-310; FCC No. 26-54; FR ID 364116
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 47 CFR 54
- Topics
- Health facilities; Internet; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements; Telecommunications
- Pages
- 10
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