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Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025

In committee: it can still change before the session ends.

US S 1056 · Senate Bill · 119th Congress

Stage
In committee
Started in
Senate
Sponsors
4
Latest action
Mar 13, 2025

What it does

The Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025 would establish a grant program to expand access to mental health and substance use services for rural underserved populations and individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations through home-based telemental health care. The bill authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, to award grants to eligible public or nonprofit telemental health provider networks to deliver remote services, develop quality metrics, and support infrastructure such as broadband access and patient devices. Up to $10 million per fiscal year from 2025 to 2029 may be allocated for the program, with…

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Where it stands

  1. Introduced (Done)

    Mar 13, 2025

  2. Committee (Current step)

    In committee · Mar 13, 2025

  3. Floor (Not started)

  4. Law (Not started)

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Where it goes next

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Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025 | 52