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Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.
Summary
This bill amends Medicare law to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services delivered through telehealth. The bill removes restrictions that previously limited telehealth coverage for mental health treatment and explicitly includes behavioral health services. The changes apply retroactively to 2021, when earlier telehealth coverage provisions were enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
21 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH)
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA)
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN)
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA)
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA)
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL)
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA)
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH)
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA)
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD)
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY)
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD)
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Doris O. Matsui’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- UC DAVIS $9,300
- DISH NETWORK $8,100
- NULL $7,800
- KORSHAK KRACOFF KONG & SUGANO LLP $6,600
- DOWNEY BRAND LLP $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Doris O. Matsui → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 10, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Jun 10, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 10, 2025
Ms. Matsui (for herself and Mr. Balderson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. ENSURING COVERAGE FOR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH.
(a) In General.—Section 1834(m)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking “mental health services” and all that follows through “The geographic” and inserting “mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.—The geographic”;
(2) by striking “subject to subparagraph (B),”;
(3) by inserting “, or for the provision of behavioral health services” after “or treatment of a mental health disorder”; and
(4) by striking subparagraph (B).
(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 123 of division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260). <all>
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