# 119-hr-1407: Permanent Telehealth from Home Act

119-hr-1407, Permanent Telehealth from Home Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1407
- Congress: 119
- Title: Permanent Telehealth from Home Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 5
- Policy area: Health
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-12

## Summary

**Would remove fixed calendar end dates in Medicare telehealth rules and anchor telehealth eligibility to the emergency period in section 1135(g)(1)(B).** This change updates section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act to replace time‑limited emergency language with a standard tied to the broader 1135(g)(1)(B) emergency framework. - Medicare beneficiaries, including seniors and people with disabilities, would keep access to telehealth-from-home and to expanded originating-site options beyond the prior 2024–2025 deadlines. - Health care providers would be able to continue offering and billing for telehealth services that rely on the emergency-era originating-site flexibilities without a preset calendar cutoff. - Medicare operations would apply the emergency-period test in section 1135(g)(1)(B) when determining telehealth origination eligibility instead of using fixed end dates.

## Cosponsors (5)

- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4] (D-CA), 2025-02-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaHood, Darin [R-IL-16] (R-IL), 2025-02-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI), 2025-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Longer telehealth from home for Medicare: benefit, medium. If enacted, Medicare patients could keep using telehealth from home after the federal emergency period. The bill would remove the current deadlines of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2025. Eligibility would instead follow the emergency-period rules in federal law. Providers could keep offering thes…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-1407 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1407)

## Related
- [119-hr-7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7567)
- [119-hr-2548: Sanctioning Russia Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2548)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-6130: ASAP Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6130)
- [119-hres-166: Expressing support for the Iranian people's desires for a democratic, secular,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hres-166)
- [119-hr-1502: North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1502)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1407 (as of 2026-09-12).