H.R. 5217
119th Congress
House
Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove certain limitations on the delivery of behavioral health services at rural health clinics under the Medicare program.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 8, 2025
Introduced in House
Sep 8, 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.
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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.
Bill text
1 version
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Lobbying activity
25
- MASON CONSULTING, LLC
- MASON CONSULTING, LLC
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
- AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SERVICES INC.(FKA AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSN
- CAPITOL ASSOCIATES, INC.
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE
Bodies those filers lobbied
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Education, Dept of
- Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
- Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
Cosponsors
23
R
Nunn, Zachary
D
Lofgren, Zoe
D
Davids, Sharice
R
LaMalfa, Doug
D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
D
Balint, Becca
D
Budzinski, Nikki
R
Moylan, James C.
D
Figures, Shomari
R
Baird, James R.
R
Boebert, Lauren
R
Ciscomani, Juan
D
Costa, Jim
D
Fields, Cleo
R
Graves, Sam
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
R
Mann, Tracey
D
Mannion, John W.
D
Pappas, Chris
R
Smith, Adrian
D
Thompson, Bennie G.
R
Valadao, David G.
R
Zinke, Ryan K.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5217: Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5217/
"H.R. 5217: Rural Behavioral Health Improvement Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5217/.
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