H.R. 4189 · 118th Congress

CONNECT for Health Act of 2023

Introduced on Jun 15, 2023 by Mike Thompson (D-CA-4). 67 cosponsors, 18 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 15, 2023
Cosponsors
67
18 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand access to telehealth services, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Congressional oversight
  • Employment and training programs
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Geography and mapping
  • Government information and archives
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health care quality
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
  • Medicare
  • Rural conditions and development

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mike ThompsonD-CA-4Sponsor

Democrats · 49

Republicans · 18

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 15, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Jun 15, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Jun 15, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  4. Jun 15, 2023 · HouseReferred 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.
  5. Jun 16, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  6. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION10 reports
    $32.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION$1.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  2. Alzheimer's Association9 reports
    $8.2M reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $600K reported (all issues)
  4. The Cigna Group and subsidiaries (Formerly Cigna Corporation6 reports
    $13.6M reported (all issues)
  5. ALLIANCE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANS, INC.5 reports
    $2.8M reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HOMECARE5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)
  7. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC5 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS5 reports
    $564.3K reported (all issues)
  9. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $580K reported (all issues)
  10. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  12. ASSOCIATION FOR CLINICAL ONCOLOGY5 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  13. ATA ACTION5 reports
  14. Amazon.com Services LLC5 reports
    $22.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  15. American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare)5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  16. American Heart Association5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. American Medical Association5 reports
    $30.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION$371K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  18. American Society of Hematology5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  19. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $5.9M reported (all issues)
  20. California Medical Association Inc.5 reports
    $317K reported (all issues)
  21. Cape Cod Healthcare5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  22. Compassion and Choices5 reports
  23. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute5 reports
    $348.9K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.$933K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  24. Digital Health for Equitable Health Alliance5 reports
    $160K reported (all issues)
  25. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS5 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)
  26. Federation of State Medical Boards5 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS OF THE UNITED STATES, INC$15.4K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  27. HCA5 reports
    $400K reported (all issues)
  28. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.5 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTONAI match · 97%
  29. NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH5 reports
    $665.6K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH$4.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  30. NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY5 reports
    $319.3K reported (all issues)
  31. National Alliance on Mental Illness5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  32. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners5 reports
    $120K reported (all issues)
  33. National League for Nursing5 reports
    $136.2K reported (all issues)
  34. Stanford Health Care5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: STANFORD HEALTH CARE$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  35. THE ALS ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $135K reported (all issues)
  36. The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc. (AOTA)5 reports
    $945K reported (all issues)
  37. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. dba Susan G. Komen5 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  38. Tourette Association of America5 reports
    $310K reported (all issues)
  39. VIZIENT, INC.5 reports
    $1.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VIZIENT INC$18.2K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 98%
  40. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS4 reports
    $1.6M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 6, 2026 · loaded Oct 6, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.