House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient psychiatric hospital services under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep. Paul Tonko D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 22, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 22, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4619.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. TONKO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 125, July 22, 2025, Page H3554):Article I, Section 8, Clause 1Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 22, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 30 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4619, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4619
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 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 September 19, 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
6 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 3 Democrats
3 of 6 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Brendan Boyle (D-PA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Shri Thanedar (D-MI).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Paul Tonko.
- H.R. 1355 (119th) Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act of 2025
- H.R. 8209 (119th) To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the school-based health centers grant program.
- H.R. 1106 (119th) Scientific Integrity Act
- H.R. 2586 (119th) Reentry Act of 2025
- H.R. 5762 (119th) New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act of 2025
- H.R. 8241 (119th) Power for the People Act of 2026
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.