H.R. 4206 · 119th Congress

Expands Medicare telehealth coverage by removing location limits and other restrictions

Official title: CONNECT for Health Act of 20251

Never got a floor voteMedicare coverage of new tests and services

§1What it does

Why this matters: A plain-English description of the bill as it was voted on, written by us from the official summary and text.

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The bill would expand Medicare coverage of telehealth by removing the geographic rules that limit where patients must be to receive covered telehealth services and by broadening the places, called originating sites, where patients may be during a visit.2,3,4 It would let the Department of Health and Human Services waive limits on which types of practitioners can provide telehealth when clinically appropriate, and would end the requirement of an in-person visit within six months for patients getting mental health care by telehealth.4 It would also extend telehealth flexibilities for federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, and Indian Health Service and Native Hawaiian health facilities, and would require the department to identify practitioners with unusual telehealth billing patterns.4

§2Status

StatusLatest action, June 26, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.1
IntroducedJune 26, 2025
SponsorRep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4]
Cosponsors248 cosponsors (64 Republican, 184 Democratic)
Official recordH.R. 4206 on Congress.gov

§3It never got a vote

Why this matters: This bill had wide support from both parties, but it never reached the House or Senate floor, so no member of Congress was ever recorded voting for or against it.

Latest action, June 26, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.1 How bills die without a vote.

2026 candidates who sponsored or cosponsored it (209)