To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove in-person requirements under Medicare for mental health services furnished through telehealth and telecommunications technology.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8227.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 76, May 2, 2024, Page H2835):
  Article 1 Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: Healthcare
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 2, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  73 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 8227, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8227

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 19, 2024

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  d516a51c30374fd41f306c19af4c371481fb6138ed415490d6c7ff2e6a2343be

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 19, 2024). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8227, last updated December 19, 2024. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.