Telehealth for All Act of 2025.

Assembly Member Mark González's Telehealth for All Act of 2025 establishes new reporting requirements to track telehealth usage patterns across California's Medi-Cal program. The legislation directs the State Department of Health Care Services to produce biennial analyses of telehealth utilization starting in 2028, examining metrics such as visit rates, claim patterns, and service types across different populations.

The required reports will analyze telehealth data across multiple dimensions, including visits per 100,000 Medi-Cal members, outpatient service comparisons, and utilization rates for mental health and dental care. The department must disaggregate this information by demographics like age, race, language, and geographic location, while incorporating social determinants of health data through indices such as the Healthy Places Index. The analyses will track both new and established patient telehealth claims, common procedure codes, and the proportion of medical services delivered via telehealth versus traditional methods.

Under the legislation, the department retains flexibility to include these analyses within its existing Biennial Telehealth Utilization Reports or create separate public documents. The bill also authorizes the department to identify and incorporate additional metrics in future reports, such as patient outcomes and population health measures, to provide deeper insights into telehealth access and usage patterns. This builds upon the department's 2022 research plan and 2024 utilization report by instituting regular, detailed examination of how Californians engage with telehealth services through the Medi-Cal program.