Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025
Congress Proposes Grants to Expand At-Home Telemental Health Care in Rural Areas
Legislative Progress
Key Points
- Congress would create a federal grant program to expand at-home mental health and substance use care by video/phone for rural underserved areas.
- The program would also target people working in farming, fishing, and forestry—jobs where getting to care can be hard.
- Grant funds could help providers and patients with basics needed for remote care, like better broadband access, patient devices, and provider technology.
- Grantees would have to track quality and results, comparing remote care with in-person care, to show what works.
- The Health Department would report to Congress within 3 years after the program starts, and then every 2 years after that.
Impact Analysis
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Milestones
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
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Related News
4 articlesReps. Salinas, Harshbarger Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Mental Health Telehealth Services for Rural Americans
Covers the Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act reintroduction and outlines the rural grant program, priority populations (farming/fishing/forestry), eligible uses (broadband, devices, provider tech), and reporting requirements.
Reps Salinas, Harshbarger Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Mental Health Telehealth Services for Rural Americans
Headlines/summary of the announcement describing the bill’s HHS grant program to expand home-based telemental health services in rural underserved areas and for farming, fishing, and forestry workers; includes allowed spending and evaluation requirements.
Press Release: Reps. Andrea Salinas and Diana Harshbarger Reintroduce Bipartisan Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act to Support Rural Americans
Syndicated/aggregated write-up of the press release noting the bill’s goal to expand home-based telemental health access for rural communities and workers in agriculture/fishing/forestry via a new grant program.
Source Information
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025
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