Bill · H.R. 6817· House(119-HR-6817)
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 12/17/2025
- Last activity
- 12/17/2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Sponsored by
- Andrea Salinas
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025 aims to create a grant program to increase mental health and substance use services. This program focuses on rural medically underserved populations and those working in the farming, fishing, and forestry industries. The program will provide grants to eligible public or nonprofit private telemental health provider networks. These services are intended to be delivered via telemental health while patients are in their own homes or other places of comfort. The Secretary will manage the awards in consultation with the Rural Health Liaison of the Department of Agriculture.
Yes· 3 of 8
Does this make mental health care easier to get?+7
The bill establishes a grant program specifically to expand and enhance access to mental health and substance use services via telemental health.
Would people in rural areas be better off under this?+7
The bill expands mental health and substance use services specifically for rural medically underserved populations through telemental health.
Does this make health care easier to get in general?+6
The bill provides funding to expand healthcare access through telemental health services for rural and underserved populations.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased access to care: The bill aims to expand and enhance access to mental health and substance use services for specific covered populations (Section 2(b)).
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Convenience of service delivery: Services can be delivered while the patient is in his or her own home or other place of comfort (Section 2(a)(4)).
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Improved technology and connectivity: Grant funds can be used to expand broadband access, provide devices for patients to access services, and offset technology costs for providers (Section 2(c)(3)).
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Quality monitoring: The program requires reports on the impact and quality of care to be submitted to congressional committees (Section 2(d)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts or burdens are explicitly stated in the provided text.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Healthcare
- Improves Mental Health Access+7Improves Healthcare Access+6Improves Opioid Crisis Response+5
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Rural Residents+7Good For Farmers+5Good For Low Income Households+4
- Education And Technology
- Improves Internet Access+5
- Environment Energy And Infrastructure
- Improves Rural Development+5
- 5/11/2026
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 12/17/2025
- Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in House
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Vicente GonzalezDemocrat · Texas
Diana HarshbargerRepublican · Tennessee