Medicare lets patients see a doctor by video or phone under looser rules. Those rules were set to end. This part keeps them to January 30, 2026, and holds off a rule about visits in person.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6208 in the PDF
What the document says
“in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking "ending September 30, 2025" and inserting "ending January 30, 2026"; and”
Subsection (a) amends section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) in two places. The same date move is made by subsections (b) and (c) for the list of practitioners who may furnish telehealth and for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.
What the document actually says
“in paragraph (2)(B)(iii), by striking "ending September 30, 2025" and inserting "ending January 30, 2026"; and”
That sentence, in plain words
One end date is taken out and a later one put in.
What this is about
Medicare once paid for video visits only in some places. That limit is still off. This keeps it off for four more months.
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The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6208 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking "on or after October 1, 2025" and inserting "on or after January 31, 2026".”
Subsection (d) delays the requirement that a patient be seen in person before or alongside mental health care given by telehealth. The same delay is written into the rules for rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers.
What the document actually says
“Section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) is amended, in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking "on or after October 1, 2025" and inserting "on or after January 31, 2026".”
That sentence, in plain words
The date when the rule starts is moved. It now starts on or after January 31, 2026.
What this is about
A rule would make patients come in person as well as meet by video. It has not started yet. This puts it off again.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 6208 in the PDF
What the document says
“Section 1834(m)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(9)) is amended by striking "ending on September 30, 2025" and inserting "ending on January 30, 2026".”
Subsection (e) carries forward the rule that lets some care be given by sound alone. Subsection (f) does the same for using telehealth for the face to face visit before hospice care is recertified, and subsection (g) lets the Secretary put the changes in place by program instruction.
What the document actually says
“Section 1834(m)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(9)) is amended by striking "ending on September 30, 2025" and inserting "ending on January 30, 2026".”
That sentence, in plain words
One end date is taken out. A later one is put in.
What this is about
Some patients have a phone but no video. This lets a call still count as a visit. It runs to the end of January 2026.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
The three kinds of change the section makes: the general date move for the telehealth rules, the delay of the in-person requirement for mental health care, and the extension of audio-only care.
Each of the seven amendments is not recorded separately. Most make the same date swap in a different paragraph of section 1834 of the Social Security Act.
The section works by amending the Social Security Act. That law is not indexed here, so this file does not say what the underlying telehealth rules require.
