Make permanent the expanded access to telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries.
One policy goal, tracked across every bill that has carried it.
What’s happening with CONNECT for Health Act of 2025?
The CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 remains stalled in the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees as of June 25, 2025. Committee leaders must schedule a vote or hearing to move the bill forward, but most legislation fails to receive this action. This lack of committee progress is the standard way most bills end in Congress.
Updated July 9, 2026 · Generated by AI. Always verify with official sources.
Where it stands
Now carried by CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 (H.R. 4206 (119th)) →
Legislative Progress
No action since June 2025
Next up: A house committee · Nothing moves until they act.
How we got here
Every bill that has carried this goal, oldest first.
Died with Congress · Jan 3, 2025
Died when the 118th Congress ended without final passage. Bills must be reintroduced under a new number to be revived.
Reintroduced · Jan 3, 2025
Reintroduced from H.R. 4189 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 4189 (118th) →Reintroduced · Jan 3, 2025
Reintroduced from S. 2016 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 2016 (118th) →
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Who’s behind it
Mike Thompson (D-CA)Wrote and sponsored the current bill.
