House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Fair Telehealth Billing Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit health care providers and facilities from imposing certain facility fees for telehealth.
Sponsor: Rep. Jahana Hayes D-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9431.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HAYES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 106, June 24, 2026, Page H4246):Article I, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 24, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 31 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9431, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9431
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 9, 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 July 9, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jahana Hayes.
- H.R. 6088 (119th) Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act of 2025
- H.R. 2055 (119th) Caring for Survivors Act of 2025
- H.R. 433 (119th) Department of Education Protection Act
- H.R. 5950 (119th) Keep SNAP and WIC Funded Act of 2025
- H.R. 2195 (119th) Feed Hungry Veterans Act of 2025
- H.Res. 1255 (119th) Supporting the designation of the week of May 4 through May 8, 2026, as "Teacher Appreciation Week".
Related bills
- H.R. 10288 (118th) Fair Telehealth Billing Act of 2024Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.