Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025
This bill expands Medicare coverage to include mental and behavioral health services provided via telehealth, removing geographic restrictions that previously limited these services to rural areas. It directly affects Medicare beneficiaries seeking remote mental or behavioral health care and healthcare providers billing Medicare for these services. The key change amends the Social Security Act to replace "mental health services" with "mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth" and eliminates outdated geographic limitations. This ensures Medicare beneficiaries in all areas can access covered telehealth mental/behavioral health services without location-based restrictions. The policy change takes effect retroactively as if implemented in 2021.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Jun 10, 2025
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