H.R. 5217

Summary

H.R. 5217, the Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Sep 8, 2025 by Rep. Jill Tokuda (D) with 23 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Sep 8, 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.

Record

Text

H.R. 5217 has 23 co-sponsors.

119 HR 5217 IH: Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-09-08
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 5217  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   September 8, 2025   Ms. Tokuda  (for herself,  Mr. Mann ,  Mr. Zinke ,  Mr. Ciscomani ,  Mr. Johnson of Georgia ,  Mr. Fields ,  Mr. Mannion ,  Mr. Thompson of Mississippi ,  Mr. Costa ,  Mr. Baird ,  Mr. Graves ,  Mr. Valadao ,  Mr. Pappas ,  Ms. Boebert , and  Mr. Smith of Nebraska ) introduced the following bill; which was 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   A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain limitations on the delivery of behavioral health services at rural health clinics under the Medicare program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025  .
2.
Exception to behavioral health limitation
(a)
In general
Section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(2) ) is amended, in the first sentence in the matter following subparagraph (K), by striking  or a facility which is primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases .
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning January 1, 2027.

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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain limitations on the delivery of behavioral health services at rural health clinics under the Medicare program.

Sponsors

Rep. Jill Tokuda (D) sponsors H.R. 5217, and 23 members have co-sponsored it, 14 of them from the day it was introduced.

Jill Tokuda

Rep. · D–HI-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Sep 8, 2025

James Baird

Rep. · R–IN-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

Lauren Boebert

Rep. · R–CO-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

Juan Ciscomani

Rep. · R–AZ-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

Jim Costa

Rep. · D–CA-21 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

Cleo Fields

Rep. · D–LA-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

Sam Graves

Rep. · R–MO-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

Henry Johnson

Rep. · D–GA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

John Mannion

Rep. · D–NY-22 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

Tracey Mann

Rep. · R–KS-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 8, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 5217 went before 2 committees: Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Sep 8, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Sep 8, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 5217 has taken 2 actions since Sep 8, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 5217 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 5217 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain limitations on the delivery of behavioral health services at rural health clinics under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

6 clients hired 5 firms and 27 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 5217 in 19 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 Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Medicare/Medicaid, Education, Veterans, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Immigration, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 27.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 5217 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 5217’s is Health.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 5217, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 146 (Monday, September 8, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. TOKUDA:H.R. 5217.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United StatesConstitution.[Page H3894]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com