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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 permanently extends a tax rule that allows telehealth and remote care services to be covered without requiring a deductible on high-deductible health plans. Currently, the exemption for telehealth from deductible requirements is temporary. The bill makes this exemption permanent, allowing individuals enrolled in high-deductible plans to use telehealth services without first meeting their plan's deductible. The changes apply to health plans starting in 2025 or later.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
2 cosponsors
Actions (2)
- Feb 27, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. · senate
- Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
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. EXEMPTION FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES.
(a) In General.—Subparagraph (E) of section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
“(E) Safe harbor for absence of deductible for telehealth.—A plan shall not fail to be treated as a high deductible health plan by reason of failing to have a deductible for telehealth and other remote care services.”.
(b) Certain Coverage Disregarded.—Clause (ii) of section 223(c)(1)(B) 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 section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2024. <all>
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