Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2011 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2011

 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of 
  mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2025

Mr. Cassidy (for himself and Ms. Smith) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of 
  mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Telemental Health Care Access Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. ENSURING COVERAGE FOR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES 
              FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH.

    (a) In General.--Section 1834(m)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``mental health services'' and all that 
        follows through ``The geographic'' and inserting ``mental and 
        behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.--The 
        geographic'';
            (2) by striking ``subject to subparagraph (B),'';
            (3) by inserting ``, or for the provision of behavioral 
        health services'' after ``or treatment of a mental health 
        disorder''; and
            (4) by striking subparagraph (B).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 123 of division 
CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260).
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