Telehealth for All Act of 2025.

Assembly Member Mark González's Telehealth for All Act of 2025 establishes new reporting requirements for California's Medi-Cal program to track and analyze telehealth service utilization. Beginning in 2028, the State Department of Health Care Services must produce biennial reports examining detailed metrics of telehealth usage across the Medi-Cal population.

The reports will analyze telehealth visits per 100,000 member months, breaking down utilization patterns by demographics including age, race, ethnicity, language, and geographic location. Additional required metrics include the percentage of members using telehealth services, commonly used procedure codes, and comparisons between new and established patient visits. The legislation mandates specific examination of mental health and dental services delivered via telehealth, as well as analysis of how telehealth usage relates to overall outpatient care delivery.

To identify potential disparities in telehealth access, the department must disaggregate data by social determinants of health categories, using tools like the Healthy Places Index. The department retains flexibility to incorporate these analyses into its existing Biennial Telehealth Utilization Report or publish them separately, provided all required elements are included. The law also directs the department to identify additional metrics for future reports that could reveal access barriers or provide deeper insight into telehealth utilization patterns.