S. 2011

Summary

S. 2011, the Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Jun 10, 2025 by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Jun 10, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 2011 has 1 co-sponsor.

116 S2011 IS: Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-06-10
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 2011  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   June 10, 2025   Mr. Cassidy  (for himself and  Ms. Smith ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025  .
2.
Ensuring coverage for mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth
(a)
In general
Section 1834(m)(7) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7) ) is amended—
(1)
by striking
mental health services   and all that follows through  The geographic  and inserting
mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth. —The geographic ;
(2)
by striking  subject to subparagraph (B), ;
(3)
by inserting  , or for the provision of behavioral health services  after  or treatment of a mental health disorder ; and
(4)
by striking subparagraph (B).
(b)
Effective date
The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 123 of division CC of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 ( Public Law 116–260 ).

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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth.

Sponsors

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R) sponsors S. 2011, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Bill Cassidy

Sen. · R–LA · Sponsor

Introduced Jun 10, 2025

Tina Smith

Sen. · D–MN · Co-sponsor

Joined Jun 10, 2025 · Original

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Committees

S. 2011 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance

Finance

Referred To · Jun 10, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 2011 has taken 2 actions since Jun 10, 2025.

Votes

S. 2011 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to S. 2011, as Identical bill.

HR 3884Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025Jun 10, 2025 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Commit… · Identical bill

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Titles

S. 2011 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Telemental Health Care Access Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure coverage of mental and behavioral health services furnished through telehealth. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

10 clients hired 10 firms and 64 registered lobbyists who named S. 2011 in 44 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Education, Veterans, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

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Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 64.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2011 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2011’s is Health.

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