Expand access to quality health care and mental health services, including rural hospitals, mobile health clinics, and telehealth.

Our efforts are focused on areas like expanding the capacity of rural hospitals and increasing the number of healthcare professionals through innovative approaches, such as mobile health clinics and enhanced telehealth services.

Supports expanding rural health capacity and access through clinics and telehealth.

JILL ON THE ISSUES | Jill Tokuda
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I was proud to stand with many of my colleagues to sponsor the Medicare for All Act of 2023 ... and I will continue to fight for this critical legislation until equitable healthcare is a reality for all.

Commits to continued support for Medicare for All legislation.

JILL ON THE ISSUES | Jill Tokuda
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The caucus was launched to advocate for legislation and policy actions that improve access to quality, affordable health care and mental health services for rural Americans, including stemming hospital closures, strengthening the health workforce, reducing health inequities, and expanding telehealth access.

Tokuda took a concrete organizing step toward the promise by creating a rural health caucus centered on health care, mental health, telehealth, and rural provider stability.

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Reps. Jill Tokuda and Diana Harshbarger Launch Congressional Bipartisan Rural Health Caucus
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Tokuda backed the Rural Health Clinic Burden Reduction Act, which would modernize rural health clinic rules, remove outdated regulatory barriers, and improve access to telehealth by allowing clinics to function as a distant site for telehealth services.

This is direct legislative action aligned with expanding rural access and telehealth, but the bill was only introduced and not enacted.

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Reps. Jill Tokuda, Smith, Blumenauer, Armstrong Introduce Rural Health Clinic Burden Reduction Act
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Tokuda introduced H.R. 6415 to increase access to mental health, substance use, and counseling services for first responders; the bill included a grant program for on-site and mobile delivery of services and a 24-hour hotline. Congress.gov shows the bill status as Introduced, with the latest action a referral to subcommittee.

Tokuda advanced a concrete bill matching the mental-health half of the promise, but it stalled without enactment.

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H.R.6415 - CARE for First Responders Act
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Tokuda said the broadband funding would help residents connect with essential telehealth services and that access to reliable internet is critical for telemedicine in Hawaiʻi's rural communities.

She supported infrastructure funding that would expand telehealth access, which is one component of the promise, but this was not a direct health-care or mental-health program delivery from her office.

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Rep. Tokuda Joins White House, U.S. Treasury, Hawaiʻi Delegation, and Gov. Green to Announce $115.5 Million to Expand Broadband in Hawaiʻi
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