House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain limitations on the delivery of behavioral health services at rural health clinics under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Jill Tokuda D-HIWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 8, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 8, 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. 5217.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. TOKUDA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 146, September 8, 2025, Page H3894):Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 73 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5217, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5217
- 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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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
23 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 12 Democrats
11 of 23 cosponsors (48%) are from the other party.
James Baird (R-IN), Becca Balint (D-VT), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ), Jim Costa (D-CA), Sharice Davids (D-KS), Cleo Fields (D-LA), Shomari Figures (D-AL), Sam Graves (R-MO), Henry Johnson (D-GA), Doug LaMalfa (R-CA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Tracey Mann (R-KS), John Mannion (D-NY), James Moylan (R-GU), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Bennie Thompson (D-MS), David Valadao (R-CA), Ryan Zinke (R-MT).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jill Tokuda.
- H.R. 375 (119th) Continued Rapid Ohia Death Response Act of 2025
- H.R. 8945 (119th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 86-014 Farrington Highway in Wai'anae, Hawai'i, as the "U.S.…
- H.R. 4967 (119th) Keep Seniors Fed Act
- H.R. 3373 (119th) GHOST Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1278 (119th) Reaffirming congressional support for the Taiwan Relations Act and longstanding bipartisan Taiwan policy.
- H.R. 6601 (119th) CARE for First Responders Act
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.