# COVID-19 Telehealth Program; Promoting Telehealth for Low-Income Consumers
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule; denial of petition for partial reconsideration. · Published 2021-04-09 · Effective 2021-04-09 · 86 FR 18459
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-07370
- **Category:** other
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 18459
- **Publication date:** 2021-04-09
- **Effective date:** 2021-04-09
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket Nos. 20-89, 18-213
## Abstract

In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules and processes to further distribute funding through the COVID-19 Telehealth Program to health care providers, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to build on Round 1 of the Program, and implement Congress's direction under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) for additional relief. The CAA funding is distributed through the Program to the health care providers who need it most, as determined by objective metrics.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/04/09/2021-07370/covid-19-telehealth-program-promoting-telehealth-for-low-income-consumers)
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