House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Home-Based Telemental Health Care Act of 2025
Official title: To establish a home-based telemental health care grant program for purposes of increasing mental health and substance use services in rural medically underserved populations and for individuals in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.
Sponsor: Rep. Andrea Salinas D-ORWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 17, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 17, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6817.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. SALINAS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 213, December 17, 2025, Page H6025):Pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 17, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 42 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6817, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6817
- 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
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Andrea Salinas.
- H.R. 3029 (119th) To amend the Research and Development, Competition, and Innovation Act to support nucleic acid screening, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 3930 (119th) Roadless Area Conservation Act of 2025
- H.R. 5557 (119th) Mental Health Services for Students Act of 2025
- H.Res. 441 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of May 2025 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".
- H.Res. 1329 (119th) Expressing support for the designation of May 2026 as "Mental Health Awareness Month".
- H.R. 5604 (119th) National Guard Proper Use Act
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.