Support extending telehealth resources and expanding telehealth options for rehabilitation services.

A two-year extension of telehealth resources in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026, and expanded telehealth options for cardio-pulmonary rehabilitation services through the Sustainable Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Services in the Home Act;

He voted for measures extending telehealth resources and expanding telehealth rehabilitation options.

Congressman Rogers Continues Efforts to Expand Services and Federal Support in Rural America - Press Releases - U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers
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Congress.gov lists Harold Rogers among the cosponsors of H.R.4206, the CONNECT for Health Act of 2025. The bill was introduced on June 26, 2025 and remains in introduced status rather than enacted law.

Rogers backed a major telehealth bill in the same Congress, but the measure has not advanced beyond introduction.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4206 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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The bill text would remove geographic requirements for telehealth services, expand originating sites and eligible practitioners, repeal a six-month in-person visit requirement for telemental health, and authorize additional resources for telehealth oversight.

The proposal is a concrete telehealth expansion measure, but it does not itself show enactment or rehab-specific implementation.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4206 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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House Clerk roll call 70 shows H.R.1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, passed 217-213 on March 11, 2025, and lists Rogers (KY), Republican, Kentucky, voting Yea.

Rogers voted for the enacted FY2025 continuing appropriations bill that included temporary Medicare telehealth extensions.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Roll Call 70, H.R. 1968
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Congress.gov lists H.R.1968 as Public Law No. 119-4, with House passage on March 11, 2025, Senate passage on March 14, 2025, and enactment on March 15, 2025. The CRS summary says the bill extends several expiring public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs.

The broader vehicle Rogers supported became law in the same term, establishing delivery of a temporary telehealth extension component.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.1968 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Congress.gov
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Section 2207 of Public Law 119-4 is titled 'Extension of Certain Telehealth Flexibilities' and changes multiple March 31, 2025 telehealth sunset dates to September 30, 2025, including removing geographic requirements, expanding originating sites, expanding eligible telehealth practitioners, allowing audio-only telehealth, and extending telehealth use for hospice recertification.

The enacted law temporarily extended broad Medicare telehealth flexibilities, including eligible practitioners, but only through September 30, 2025 and not as a permanent rehabilitation-specific expansion.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.1968 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 | Congress.gov
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Congress.gov lists Rep. Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] as a cosponsor of H.R.4206, the CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, with a cosponsorship date of December 10, 2025.

Rogers backed a concrete telehealth expansion bill in the 119th Congress, supporting the promise's telehealth-expansion component.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - H.R.4206 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 | Congress.gov
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The CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 would amend Medicare telehealth law to remove geographic requirements after October 1, 2025, expand originating sites, allow HHS to waive limits on the types of practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services when clinically appropriate, and authorize additional HHS Inspector General resources for telehealth oversight in fiscal years 2026-2030.

The cosponsored bill is a substantive proposal to extend and expand telehealth access and resources, but it does not by itself enact those changes.

partial same_term A for effort

Text - H.R.4206 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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Congress.gov shows H.R.4206 was introduced June 26, 2025, referred to the House Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means Committees, and has the status 'Introduced' rather than passed or enacted.

Rogers supported the bill, but the permanent/broader telehealth expansion proposal had not become law, limiting fulfillment to partial support and temporary delivered extensions.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.4206 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): CONNECT for Health Act of 2025 | Congress.gov | Library of Congress
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