# 119-hr-5357: College Students Continuation of Mental Health Care Act of 2025

119-hr-5357, College Students Continuation of Mental Health Care Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-5357
- Congress: 119
- Title: College Students Continuation of Mental Health Care Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-09-15
- Sponsor: Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE)
- Cosponsors: 20
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-08

## Summary

**This bill would allow college mental health providers to deliver telehealth across state lines under their home‑state license, with specific safety checks and limits on what host States may prohibit.** It creates a federal permission framework so campus clinicians can reach students located outside the institution’s State while aligning liability and practice scope with the provider’s primary State.

## Cosponsors (20)

- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU), 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA), 2025-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2025-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2025-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI), 2025-10-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM), 2025-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS), 2025-12-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2025-12-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2025-12-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bynum, Janelle S. [D-OR-5] (D-OR), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shreve, Jefferson [R-IN-6] (R-IN), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-03-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. James, John [R-MI-10] (R-MI), 2026-03-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2026-03-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- College telehealth across state lines: benefit, medium. This bill would let your college’s mental health providers treat you by telehealth when you are in another State, unless that State has barred them. You would need to be enrolled, or have attended the school within the last 3 months. Before care, the provider would verify your identity, record your…

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- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act
- 119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-5357 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5357)

## Related
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-1329: Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1329)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1993)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5357 (as of 2026-10-08).