House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Telehealth Access for Tribal Communities Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to make permanent certain telehealth flexibilities under the Medicare program for telehealth services furnished by Indian health programs.
Sponsor: Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez D-NMWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 3, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 3, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2639.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. LEGER FERNANDEZ, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 60, April 3, 2025, Page H1418):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (the Spending Clause) along with Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (the Necessary and Proper Clause).Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 3, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 130 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2639, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2639
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- May 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 May 21, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 7 Democrats
1 of 8 cosponsors (12%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Jay Obernolte (R-CA), Raul Ruiz (D-CA), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Norma Torres (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez.
- H.R. 4284 (119th) Small Cemetery Conveyance Act
- H.R. 4598 (119th) Technical Corrections to the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act, and Aamodt…
- H.R. 9473 (119th) Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act
- H.R. 6049 (119th) No Payola Act
- H.R. 5774 (119th) Every Child Deserves a Head Start Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 56 (119th) Recognizing the significance of equal pay and the disparity in wages paid to Latina women in comparison to White, non-Hispanic men.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.