HEALTH Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 18, 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.
- IntroducedSep 18, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Helping Ensure Access to Local TeleHealth Act of 2025 or the HEALTH Act of 2025
This bill modifies requirements relating to Medicare coverage of telehealth services, including services that are furnished by federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs).
Specifically, the bill expands coverage to include audio-only telehealth services. It also permanently allows FQHCs and RHCs to serve as the distant site (i.e., the location of the health care practitioner) for telehealth services and excludes such services from certain geographic restrictions. Payment must be made in the same manner as for non-telehealth services, rather than in accordance with a separate methodology determined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2025 to Jan 7, 2026, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Sep 18, 2025 |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Jan 7, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 18, 2025Introduced in House
- Sep 18, 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
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- Sep 18, 2025Introduced in House
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