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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 would amend Medicare law to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth. The amendments would remove geographic restrictions on telemental health coverage and expand the scope to include both mental and behavioral health services delivered remotely. The changes would take effect retroactively as if they had been included in the 2021 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Bill Cassidy’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $59,100
- GENERAL ATLANTIC $37,700
- WELSH CARSON ANDERSON & STOWE $33,870
- OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM $33,250
- RA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $30,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Bill Cassidy → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 10, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Jun 10, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 10, 2025
Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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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