# 119-s-2011: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025

119-s-2011, Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2011
- As of: 2026-04-21
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2011
- Congress: 119
- Title: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-06-10
- Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Expands Medicare telehealth to explicitly include both mental and behavioral health services delivered remotely.** This bill would change Medicare’s telehealth wording so behavioral health care is named alongside mental health and a prior textual restriction tied to subparagraph (B) is removed while the statute’s geographic language remains.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-06-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- More Medicare telehealth for behavioral health: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would expand Medicare telehealth to cover behavioral health services in addition to mental health. It would remove a prior limiting clause (subparagraph (B)). Providers could bill Medicare for telehealth mental or behavioral health visits. The change would take effect as if inc…

## Related bills

- 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-s-2834: Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act
- 119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act
- 119-s-1459: Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2025
- 119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-2011 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2011)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-2120: Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2120)
- [119-s-2834: Medically Tailored Home-Delivered Meals Program Pilot Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2834)
- [119-s-3940: Access to Fair Financing for Opportunity and Resilient Development Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3940)
- [119-s-1459: Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1459)
- [119-s-1241: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1241)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2011 (as of 2026-04-21).