# 119-hr-3884: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025

119-hr-3884, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3884
- Congress: 119
- Title: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 21
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands Medicare telehealth to cover behavioral health services.** It broadens telehealth coverage to include behavioral health care delivered remotely while preserving the existing geographic coverage framework. - Medicare beneficiaries: Seniors and people on Medicare can receive both mental and behavioral health services by telehealth, increasing remote access to therapy and counseling. - Mental and behavioral health providers: The bill authorizes coverage for behavioral health services furnished via telehealth in addition to treatment for mental health disorders and removes a prior constraint by striking subparagraph (B). - Policy and timing: The amendments take effect as if included in the enactment of section 123 of division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), and retain the current geographic rules for telehealth.

## Cosponsors (21)

- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6] (D-MD), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA), 2025-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9] (D-TN), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2025-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gray, Adam [D-CA-13] (D-CA), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Liccardo, Sam T. [D-CA-16] (D-CA), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2025-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2025-10-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1] (D-IL), 2025-10-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More Medicare telehealth mental and behavioral care: benefit, high. If enacted, you could get more mental and behavioral health care covered by Medicare when you use telehealth. The bill would expand coverage beyond treatment of mental health disorders to include behavioral health services delivered remotely. It would remove a prior limit in subparagraph (B) and ke…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3884 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3884)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3884 (as of 2026-04-21).