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<dc:title>119 HR 3884 IH: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-06-10</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 3884</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20250610">June 10, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="M001163">Ms. Matsui</sponsor> (for herself and <cosponsor name-id="B001306">Mr. Balderson</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HIF00">Committee on Energy and Commerce</committee-name>, and in addition to the Committee on <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Ways and Means</committee-name>, 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</action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H1C46E6B45A1644CD82EBDFEF427781F0" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H49BB0E0D396D4DB8A560258C5719548B" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HA5CDC7D7622F46D5AE427F3091DB99A0"><enum>2.</enum><header>Ensuring coverage for mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth</header> <subsection id="H7E6E5FC1F57D470A9AAD254D7541824E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1834(m)(7) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1395m">42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H38678EA89C784B34BA28F305D25D53E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">mental health services</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>The geographic</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.</header-in-text>—The geographic</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0C0FF9E6F55F4E458719228B9EB2F0D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subject to subparagraph (B),</quote>;</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HDD38B2347FC843FCB7EF4D3C52A7B49D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, or for the provision of behavioral health services</quote> after <quote>or treatment of a mental health disorder</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE1CE253373B84665A7B7380ACC690406"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B).</text></paragraph></subsection> 
<subsection id="H3CA7AE9411244D90B98942DC5BA2FE57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section> </legis-body></bill>

