CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
Latest action · Jun 26, 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.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 248
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2025 to Oct 6, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| R-OH | Troy Balderson | Original | Jun 26, 2025 |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Jul 25, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Josh Riley | Sep 3, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Sep 9, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Sep 17, 2025 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Sep 18, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Sep 26, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Sep 30, 2025 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Oct 3, 2025 | |
| D-MD | April McClain Delaney | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Oct 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sam T. Liccardo | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Oct 8, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Timothy M. Kennedy | Oct 10, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Maggie Goodlander | Oct 14, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-KS | Derek Schmidt | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Gabe Amo | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Glenn Ivey | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Cleo Fields | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Oct 24, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Andrew R. Garbarino | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Emily Randall | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Oct 28, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Oct 31, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-IN | Frank J. Mrvan | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Kevin Mullin | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Nov 4, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-SD | Dusty Johnson | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-AL | Shomari Figures | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Nov 10, 2025 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| R-WV | Carol D. Miller | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Claudia Tenney | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| R-WA | Michael Baumgartner | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| R-IN | Rudy Yakym III | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Nov 17, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Nov 19, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Nov 21, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| R-CO | Jeff Hurd | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Laura Friedman | Dec 1, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Dec 2, 2025 | |
| R-UT | Blake D. Moore | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Dec 3, 2025 | |
| R-ND | Julie Fedorchak | Dec 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | John W. Mannion | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Dec 5, 2025 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-KS | Tracey Mann | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Kevin Kiley | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Dec 10, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Dec 15, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Dec 17, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Dec 19, 2025 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Dec 23, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Jan 9, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Michael A. Rulli | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Jan 13, 2026 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-FL | Jared Moskowitz | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| R-OH | Max L. Miller | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Jan 23, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-VA | James R. Walkinshaw | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Luz M. Rivas | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Mike Kelly | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Valerie P. Foushee | Jan 30, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Feb 3, 2026 | |
| R-MN | Michelle Fischbach | Feb 4, 2026 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Feb 5, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 9, 2026 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| R-NY | Nicholas A. Langworthy | Feb 20, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Feb 23, 2026 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Feb 25, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 3, 2026 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 4, 2026 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Mar 9, 2026 | |
| R-WY | Harriet M. Hageman | Mar 24, 2026 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | Apr 2, 2026 | |
| R-AR | Eric A. "Rick" Crawford | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Apr 9, 2026 | |
| R-AK | Nicholas J. Begich III | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | Apr 28, 2026 | |
| R-TN | David Kustoff | May 11, 2026 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | May 19, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | May 21, 2026 | |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Jun 29, 2026 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Jul 2, 2026 | |
| R-CA | James Gallagher | Jul 13, 2026 | |
| R-MO | Mark Alford | Jul 20, 2026 | |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Dave Min | Sep 2, 2026 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Sep 15, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 24, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Oct 6, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Robert Garcia | Oct 6, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2025 |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 26, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2025Referred 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H927 | Suhas Subramanyam D-VA | Jan 20, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 110, June 26, 2025, page H3012.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1261 | CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 | Identical bill | Apr 2, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
- Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
