This legislation, titled the Creating Opportunities Now for Necessary and Effective Care Technologies (CONNECT) for Health Act of 2025 , seeks to expand and make permanent access to telehealth services under the Medicare program. It addresses various barriers to telehealth coverage, aiming to ensure long-term certainty for both providers and beneficiaries regarding the use of these services. Key provisions include the permanent removal of geographic requirements for telehealth services and the expansion of eligible originating sites where patients can receive care. The bill also grants the Secretary of Health and Human Services authority to waive limitations on the types of practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services if clinically appropriate, starting October 1, 2025. Additionally, it ensures Federally Qualified Health Centers, Rural Health Clinics, and Native American health facilities can serve as distant sites for telehealth, and permanently repeals the six-month in-person visit requirement for telemental health services. The bill further allows for the permanent use of telehealth in recertification for hospice care and establishes a mechanism to waive telehealth requirements during future public health emergencies. To maintain program integrity, it clarifies fraud and abuse laws regarding technology provided to beneficiaries and allocates additional resources for telehealth oversight. The Secretary is mandated to identify and notify providers with significant outlier billing patterns for telehealth services and provide educational support. To support beneficiaries and providers, the legislation requires the development of resources, guidance, and training sessions, particularly for individuals with limited English proficiency or disabilities. It also mandates a study on strategies to improve beneficiary engagement in telehealth. Finally, the bill emphasizes quality of care by requiring a review of quality measures to ensure they include telehealth services and calls for the regular public posting of data on telehealth utilization, expenditures, and impact under the Medicare program.