CONNECT for Health Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Thompson (CA)
Introduced
Summary
Expands Medicare telehealth access by removing geographic limits and ending an in-person requirement for telemental health. It would also change payment rules for clinics and require more oversight, training, and data reporting.
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- Medicare beneficiaries would be able to receive telehealth across geographies beginning October 1, 2025. Telemental health would no longer require a six-month in-person visit and tribal and Native Hawaiian facilities would be exempt from originating-site rules starting January 1, 2026.
- Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics would be paid for telehealth under outpatient or prospective payment methods and telehealth costs as distant-site care would count as allowable PPS costs. The HHS Secretary could waive limits on which practitioner types may furnish telehealth starting October 1, 2025 with annual public comment and a three-year reassessment requirement.
- The bill would strengthen program integrity funding for telehealth, require CMS to post quarterly telehealth data, and add telehealth to quality-measure reviews within 180 days. It also mandates a beneficiary engagement study and a Government Accountability Office report on hospice recertification within three years.
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Stronger oversight and public telehealth data
If enacted, HHS would identify and notify providers with unusually high Medicare telehealth billing, and Telehealth Resource Centers would train those providers. CMS would post quarterly public data on who uses telehealth and recent effects on Medicare spending and use, starting within 180 days. The bill would authorize $3 million each year for fiscal years 2026–2030 for Inspector General audits and investigations on telehealth. It would also clarify that providers may give patients certain telehealth or remote‑monitoring tech without violating fraud rules, if not used for advertising and they meet HHS conditions.
More Medicare telehealth at clinics and tribal sites
If enacted, Medicare telehealth visits at Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics would count as clinic outpatient visits. Starting October 1, 2025, those visits would be paid under the clinic payment systems, and clinic costs for distant‑site telehealth would count. The bill would end the six‑month in‑person rule for telemental health. It would expand originating‑site rules on enactment and lift geographic limits after September 30, 2025. For care on or after January 1, 2026, Indian Health Service, tribal, and Native Hawaiian sites would not need certain originating‑site rules, and no facility fee could be charged when only that exemption applies.
Emergency telehealth waivers during public health emergencies
If enacted, public health emergencies declared after this bill would count as emergency periods for special waiver rules. That would let HHS use telehealth‑specific waivers during those emergencies to keep care available.
More clinicians allowed for Medicare telehealth
If enacted, starting October 1, 2025, the Secretary could waive limits on which clinicians may provide Medicare telehealth when it is clinically appropriate. The Secretary could set safeguards, take public comment at least yearly, and review waivers at least every three years. Waivers found no longer appropriate would end.
Telehealth training, quality measures, and reports
If enacted, within six months HHS would issue resources and training to help people with limited English and disabilities use telehealth, and would train providers on payment, privacy, and engaging underserved groups. HHS would review telehealth quality measures within 180 days, publish guidance and best practices, and report to Congress within two years. The Government Accountability Office would report to Congress within three years on hospice recertification by telehealth and related oversight. Funds would be authorized as needed for the education and study work.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Thompson (CA)
CA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Schweikert, David [R-AZ-1]
AZ • R
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
CA • D
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Balderson
OH • R
Sponsored 6/26/2025
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1]
HI • D
Sponsored 6/30/2025
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40]
CA • R
Sponsored 7/25/2025
Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]
NY • D
Sponsored 8/12/2025
Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10]
VA • D
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McBride
DE • D
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McClellan
VA • D
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
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Barragan
CA • D
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Budzinski
IL • D
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Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
HI • D
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Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
NY • D
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Cohen
TN • D
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Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1]
OH • D
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Cisneros
CA • D
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Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
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Riley (NY)
NY • D
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ME • D
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MA • D
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Rep. Guest, Michael [R-MS-3]
MS • R
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Soto
FL • D
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Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28]
FL • R
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Levin
CA • D
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Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]
MA • D
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Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
CA • D
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Norcross
NJ • D
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WA • D
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OR • D
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Elfreth
MD • D
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CA • D
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Bresnahan
PA • R
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Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6]
MI • D
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Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8]
NJ • D
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Johnson (GA)
GA • D
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Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
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Scott, David
GA • D
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NY • D
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MD • D
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DelBene
WA • D
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Bonamici
OR • D
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MI • D
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Rescom. Hernández, Pablo Jose [D-PR-At Large]
PR • D
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CA • D
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MN • D
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GA • D
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CT • D
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AZ • R
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WA • D
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CA • D
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CA • R
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CO • D
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IN • D
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ME • D
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CA • D
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OH • R
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SD • R
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PA • D
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MO • D
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IL • D
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NY • R
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WA • D
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GU • R
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NY • R
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CA • D
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NM • D
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WA • R
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VI • D
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WV • R
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NV • D
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IL • D
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LA • D
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CA • D
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CO • R
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CA • D
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CA • R
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ND • R
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NY • D
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