Bill Details
HR.1650 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced Date
2025-02-27
Policy Area
Taxation
Committees
View committees (1)
Cosponsors
View cosponsors (17)
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-Nevada-3]
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-Nebraska-3]
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-Illinois-10]
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-California-19]
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-Pennsylvania-1]
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-West Virginia-1]
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-New York-11]
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-Washington-5]
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-Nebraska-2]
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-New York-17]
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-Wisconsin-8]
- Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-Iowa-3]
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-New York-24]
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-Virginia-1]
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-New Jersey-5]
- Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-Washington-3]
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-Virginia-7]
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AI Summary This summary was generated by AI from the bill text. AI can get information wrong.
This bill would make permanent a temporary rule that lets people with high-deductible health plans use telehealth services without first paying the plan’s deductible. In simple terms, it helps keep virtual doctor visits more affordable and easier to use, especially for people who rely on health savings account–eligible plans. The change would apply to plan years starting after December 31, 2024.
- It keeps telehealth visits exempt from the usual deductible rules for certain high-deductible health plans.
- This means patients could continue to get covered virtual care before meeting their deductible.
- The bill changes the tax code so this telehealth protection is permanent instead of temporary.
- The new rule would begin with plan years after December 31, 2024.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1650 Introduced in House (IH)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1650
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the
exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health
plan rules.
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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.
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