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Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules.
Summary
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permanently extend an exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules. Currently, high deductible health plans must generally require patients to meet a deductible before coverage begins, but telehealth services have been temporarily exempted from this requirement. This bill makes that exemption permanent rather than temporary. The change would be effective for plan years beginning after December 31, 2024.
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Sponsor (1)
17 cosponsors
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY)
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV)
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY)
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV)
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3] (R-IA)
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA)
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3] (D-WA)
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL)
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE)
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jodey C. Arrington’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CHARTER BROKERAGE LLC $28,800
- SIMFLO $19,800
- GRAIL $18,200
- NORTHSTAR ANESTHESIA $13,200
- CITY BANK $13,200
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jodey C. Arrington → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Feb 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Arrington (for himself, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Schneider, and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. MAKING PERMANENT THE SAFE HARBOR FOR ABSENCE OF DEDUCTIBLE FOR TELEHEALTH.
(a) In General.—Section 223(c)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “In the case of” and all that follows through “a plan” and inserting “A plan”.
(b) Certain Coverage Disregarded.—Section 223(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “(in the case of months or plan years to which paragraph (2)(E) applies)”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2024. <all>
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