[NFBK] Fwd: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] CONNECT for Health Act Continued Advocacy During Federal Government Shut Down

[Katie Adkins]

Hi everyone,

Please see below for an update on the CONNECT for Health Act.  It's
extremely important and time sensitive that we all continue to reach out to
our members in the House of Representatives and ask them to pass the
CONNECT for Health Act H.R. 4206.  If you follow the link in the email
below you will find the original legislative alert, including the script
you can use for your calls and emails.  Please make it a priority to call
and email as soon as possible, it should only take a few minutes of your
time.

Thank you,
Katie Adkins
Legislative Director, National Federation of the Blind of Kentucky

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Date: Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Subject: [NFB-Legislative-Directors] CONNECT for Health Act Continued
Advocacy During Federal Government Shut Down
To: nfb-legislative-directors at nfbnet.org <
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Cc: Young, Justin <jyoung at nfb.org>


Dear Federation Family,



Thank you all for the great advocacy you have done over the past month
regarding our weekly legislative alert series. On September 19, 2025 the
House of Representatives passed a seven week Continuing Resolution (CR)
that would fund the federal government until November 21 and in this CR the
Medicare telehealth expansion was once again included. Unfortunately, the
Senate did not pass it in time to avoid a federal government shut down
meaning the telehealth provisions expired also.



The above background information makes our advocacy to get the CONNECT for
Health Act passed even more important because this bill makes the Medicare
telehealth program permanent. On September 4 we sent out a legislative
alert where we asked for our membership to call or email our members of the
House of Representatives to build support to pass the CONNECT for Health Act
<https://nfb.org/programs-services/advocacy/legislative-priorities/legislative-alerts/pass-connect-health-act>
H.R. 4206. Because of our advocacy we went from 17 to 39 cosponsors. The
Senate companion bill currently has 65 cosponsors which we suspect is from
our much advocacy on this topic since March. We need to keep the pressure
on our Congressional members ensuring they pass H.R.4206/S.1261 making
these necessary provisions permanent!



Thank you for all your advocacy on the above topic and all our legislative
initiatives!



Justin T. Young, Ed.D

Government Affairs Specialist, National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230

410-659-9314, extension 2210 | jyoung at nfb.org





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