Proposed
Bill · 119th Congress · HR 5496
HEALTH Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-09-18Topic: health careSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill would make permanent Medicare payments for telehealth services provided by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics. It would define telehealth to include audio-only communication, such as phone calls, as well as video. Telehealth visits from these centers and clinics would be paid the same way as in-person clinic services, and their telehealth costs would count as allowable costs in payment calculations. The bill would also remove rules about where a patient must be located to receive these telehealth services, while limiting facility fees paid to the patient's location.
Sponsors
- Glenn Thompson Republican sponsor
- 5 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-18 | House | 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-18 | House | 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. | refer |
| 2025-09-18 | Introduced in House | introduce | |
| 2025-09-18 | Introduced in House | introduce |