House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
HEALTH Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for permanent payments for telehealth services furnished by federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics under the Medicare program.
Sponsor: Rep. Glenn Thompson R-PAWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 18, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 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. 5496.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 153, September 18, 2025, Page H4457):Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 46 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5496, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5496
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 15, 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 January 15, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
5 of 5 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Melanie Stansbury (D-NM), Jill Tokuda (D-HI), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson.
- H.R. 4550 (119th) United States Grain Standards Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 7567 (119th) Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026
- H.Res. 974 (119th) Providing for a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the House of Representatives.
- H.Res. 975 (119th) To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.
- H.Res. 976 (119th) Providing for the hour of meeting of the House.
- H.R. 649 (119th) Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.