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Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025Section 2207 › Proposal

The in-person visit requirement for mental health telehealth is put off to October 1, 2025

Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, section 2207, Sec. 2207. Written by .

The in-person visit requirement for mental health telehealth is put off to October 1, 2025

The document says “is amendedWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2207 in the PDF
What the document says

“by striking ``on or after April 1, 2025'' and inserting ``on or after October 1, 2025,''.”

Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, Sec. 2207

Subsection (d) puts off an in-person visit requirement in three places: section 1834(m)(7)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(7)(B)(i)) for telehealth generally, section 1834(y)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1395m(y)(2)) for rural health clinics, and section 1834(o)(4)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1395m(o)(4)(B)) for federally qualified health centers.

What the document actually says

“by striking ``on or after April 1, 2025'' and inserting ``on or after October 1, 2025,''.”

Making further continuing appropriations and other extensions for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes, Sec. 2207
That sentence, in plain words

The date April 1, 2025 is taken out. The date October 1, 2025 is put in.

What this is about

A rule was going to make people come in person. The rule was held back. It is now held back six months more.

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