United StatesSenate designates a week to spotlight telehealth care
For Telehealth Awareness Week, the Senate urged people and groups to share resources, study telehealth, and promote continued access to care.
What it does
The Senate designated September 20–26, 2026, as Telehealth Awareness Week and urged steps to raise awareness, share resources, study telehealth, and promote continued access.
Argument forSharing information about telehealth could help people who live far from care or have limited mobility learn about another way to reach a provider.
Argument againstThe resolution only urges steps to promote continued access, so some communities may still lack telehealth care even as more people hear about it.
More detail
The Senate designated the week and urged steps to raise awareness, share resources, study telehealth, and promote continued access. The resolution addresses telehealth for patients and communities across the United States. Telehealth Awareness Week was September 20 through September 26, 2026.
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Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 24Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5020; text: CR S5007-5008)Adopted
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