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Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1056| Senate 
| Updated: 3/13/2025
Mike Rounds

Mike Rounds

Republican Senator

South Dakota

Cosponsors (3)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Tina Smith (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill, known as the Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025, establishes a new grant program under the Public Health Service Act. The program authorizes the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities, specifically public or nonprofit private telemental health provider networks, to increase access to mental health and substance use services. These services are targeted at covered populations , which include health professional shortage areas in rural regions and individuals working in farming, fishing, or forestry industries, delivered remotely to patients in their homes or other comfortable locations. Grant recipients must use funds to deliver these home-based telemental health services and to develop comprehensive metrics for measuring the quality and impact of such care compared to traditional in-person services. Funds can also support infrastructure enhancements, such as expanding broadband access, providing devices for patients, and offsetting technology costs for providers to deliver high-quality care. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, is required to report to Congress on the program's impact and quality of care, with up to $10,000,000 authorized annually for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3917
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3937
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1077
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 17, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-6817
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3917
    Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3937
    Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1077
    Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023


  • March 13, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 13, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • December 17, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-6817
    Introduced in House

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-6817: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025

Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1056| Senate 
| Updated: 3/13/2025
This bill, known as the Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025, establishes a new grant program under the Public Health Service Act. The program authorizes the Secretary to award grants to eligible entities, specifically public or nonprofit private telemental health provider networks, to increase access to mental health and substance use services. These services are targeted at covered populations , which include health professional shortage areas in rural regions and individuals working in farming, fishing, or forestry industries, delivered remotely to patients in their homes or other comfortable locations. Grant recipients must use funds to deliver these home-based telemental health services and to develop comprehensive metrics for measuring the quality and impact of such care compared to traditional in-person services. Funds can also support infrastructure enhancements, such as expanding broadband access, providing devices for patients, and offsetting technology costs for providers to deliver high-quality care. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, is required to report to Congress on the program's impact and quality of care, with up to $10,000,000 authorized annually for fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-3917
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-3937
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-1077
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Mar 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Dec 17, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-6817
Introduced in House
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-3917
    Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2020


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-3937
    Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-1077
    Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2023


  • March 13, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 13, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • December 17, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-6817
    Introduced in House
Mike Rounds

Mike Rounds

Republican Senator

South Dakota

Cosponsors (3)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)John Boozman (Republican)Tina Smith (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • HR 119-6817: Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted