House Bill Would Make Medicare Telehealth Permanent, Drop In-Person Mental Health Visit Requirement
This bill is currently sitting in the House committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means. It is considered stalled because no action has been taken on the proposal since June 2025. The bill will not move forward unless these committees decide to hold a vote or hearing.
No action since June 2025
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 4189 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 4189 (118th) →How this policy affects specific groups of people
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.
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Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Explains the looming Medicare telehealth expiration and cites the CONNECT for Health Act (S.1261) as a key bill to make flexibilities permanent, noting its cosponsor count.
Advocacy piece explicitly backing the CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 (H.R. 4206 / S. 1261) and arguing Congress should prevent telehealth flexibility expirations.
Urges passage of H.R. 4206 (CONNECT for Health Act of 2025) to permanently lift Medicare telehealth restrictions as temporary flexibilities near expiration.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
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