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The bill helps sustain and expand telehealth access for rural, elderly, and chronically ill patients by authorizing $42.05M/year (total $210.25M) over FY2026–2030, but delivers that benefit at added federal cost and with effectiveness contingent on future appropriations.
Rural and underserved patients — including seniors and people with chronic conditions — gain sustained/improved access to specialty care and remote monitoring through continued funding of telehealth networks and resource centers ($42.05M/year; FY2026–2030).
Hospitals and health systems can receive federal grants and technical assistance over five years to expand telehealth capacity, improving provider ability to deliver remote care.
The authorization does not guarantee funding — program effectiveness and any planned telehealth expansions depend on Congress actually appropriating the authorized amounts, creating uncertainty and possible delays.
Taxpayers effectively fund $210.25 million total (FY2026–2030), increasing federal outlays and potentially crowding other budget priorities.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Reauthorizes telehealth network and resource center grants and authorizes $42,050,000 annually for each of FY2026–FY2030.
Reauthorizes the telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs and sets an annual funding authorization of $42,050,000 for each fiscal year 2026 through 2030. It also makes a minor technical change to the statute’s paragraph structure to add the funding provision into the Public Health Service Act.
Introduced May 14, 2025 by David G. Valadao · Last progress April 22, 2026