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. 1867.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HERN of Oklahoma, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 42, March 5, 2025, Page H1010):
  Article 1 Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 5, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  19 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1867, 119th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1867

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  February 13, 2026

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 13, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  690eab9b5860e6582afa8a970ddf068efacbeae2fa226f817d20bb6b88dac60c

  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 February 13, 2026). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1867, last updated February 13, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 13, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.