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119-hr-1650119th CongressWALLET

Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]

Introduced

Summary

Permanently excludes telehealth from high-deductible health plan deductibles. This bill would make the telehealth safe harbor permanent and broaden its wording so it applies more broadly instead of being tied to particular months or plan years.

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  • Families and patients: People covered by high-deductible health plans would not have telehealth visits counted toward their deductible, so virtual care could be accessed without first meeting that deductible.
  • Employers and insurers: Plan sponsors and insurers would apply the safe harbor more broadly because the bill changes the safe-harbor language to apply to "A plan" and removes the clause linking the rule to specific months or plan years.
  • Timing and scope: The change would take effect for plan years beginning after December 31, 2024, making the exclusion permanent for applicable future plan years.

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Lower telehealth costs in high-deductible plans

If enacted, people in high-deductible health plans could get telehealth visits covered before meeting the deductible. The bill would make this telehealth safe harbor broader and permanent. The change would apply to plan years starting after December 31, 2024. If you use telehealth, you could pay less out of pocket early in the year.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19]

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 2/27/2025

  • Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 3/3/2025

  • Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1]

    WV • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]

    WA • R

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]

    NE • R

    Sponsored 4/30/2025

  • Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2025

  • Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8]

    WI • R

    Sponsored 7/25/2025

  • Rep. Nunn, Zachary [R-IA-3]

    IA • R

    Sponsored 7/25/2025

  • Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]

    NY • R

    Sponsored 7/29/2025

  • Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]

    VA • R

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 8/26/2025

  • Rep. Perez, Marie Gluesenkamp [D-WA-3]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 9/23/2025

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 9/30/2025

Roll Call Votes

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