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;
Support extending telehealth resources and expanding telehealth options for rehabilitation services.
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Evidence
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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House Clerk Roll Call 53 shows H.R. 7148, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, passed on the motion to concur in Senate amendments, 217-214, on February 3, 2026. The roll call lists Rogers (KY), Republican, Kentucky, voting Yea.
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Public Law 119-75 was approved February 3, 2026. Section 6209 extends Medicare telehealth flexibilities to December 31, 2027, including geographic/originating-site rules, eligible telehealth practitioners, FQHC/RHC telehealth, audio-only services, and delayed in-person mental-health telehealth requirements. Section 6211 adds an in-home cardiopulmonary rehabilitation flexibility for hospital outpatients using audio-video real-time communications from January 31, 2026 through before January 1, 2028.
Assessments
Rogers materially supported the outcome during the same federal term: he voted yea on the enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, which extended broad Medicare telehealth flexibilities through December 31, 2027 and added an in-home cardiopulmonary rehabilitation telehealth option through before January 1, 2028. He also cosponsored the CONNECT for Health Act of 2025, a broader telehealth expansion bill. Because enacted law covered both telehealth extension and a rehabilitation-specific telehealth option while Rogers was in office, the promise is best scored as delivered.
Harold Rogers materially supported a significant telehealth expansion proposal by cosponsoring H.R. 4206 in the 119th Congress. That satisfies the promise’s support component to some extent, but the bill remained only introduced and the provided evidence does not show enactment or a rehabilitation-specific telehealth expansion being delivered. This supports partial rather than full delivery.