# 119-hr-6296: Advancing Access to Telehealth Act

119-hr-6296, Advancing Access to Telehealth Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6296
- Congress: 119
- Title: Advancing Access to Telehealth Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-11-25
- Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Would make Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent** and tie them to the emergency period in section 1135(g)(1)(B) instead of a fixed sunset date. - Seniors and Medicare enrollees: Would expand access to telehealth for mental health care, substance use disorder treatment, stroke services, and monthly home dialysis visits by removing some in-person visit requirements. - Rural patients and community clinics: Would let Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics furnish telehealth starting from the emergency period reference rather than a prior date limit, improving local access. - Providers: Would broaden which practitioners can furnish and bill for Medicare telehealth and require the Secretary to take actions that support audio-only telehealth where appropriate. - Program structure: Would update multiple cross-references in Medicare law and replace date-based rules with an emergency-period trigger so the expanded telehealth framework continues beyond the previous time-limited authorization.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI), 2025-11-25T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Keep expanded Medicare telehealth going: benefit, low. If enacted, Medicare would keep expanded telehealth rules for services on or after the first day of the emergency period in section 1135(g)(1)(B). More types of practitioners, plus Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics, could keep furnishing telehealth. Audio-only visits would…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-6296 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6296)

## Related
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-2725: Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2725)
- [119-hr-7481: Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7481)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6296 (as of 2026-04-21).