# 119-s-763: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025

119-s-763, Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-763
- Congress: 119
- Title: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-27
- Sponsor: Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**This bill would permanently let high deductible health plans (HDHPs) cover telehealth and other remote care services without a deductible while still qualifying as HDHPs.** It removes a timing limit so that the safe harbor applies across plan years beginning after December 31, 2024. - Families and patients: People in HDHPs could get telehealth visits with no deductible, lowering upfront out-of-pocket costs for remote care. - Health savings account (HSA) holders: Plans that waive telehealth deductibles would still count as HDHPs so people can keep contributing to HSAs. - Employers and insurers: Plan sponsors could offer zero-deductible telehealth benefits and preserve HDHP labeling for plan years starting in 2025.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- High-deductible plans can cover telehealth: benefit, low. If enacted, this bill would let high-deductible health plans exclude telehealth and other remote care from the deductible without losing HDHP status. That means plans could impose no deductible for telehealth and still remain HSA-eligible. The bill would also remove a timing limitation so the rule…

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## Sources
- [119-s-763 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/763)

## Related
- [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-2461: Promotion and Expansion of Private Employee Ownership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2461)
- [119-s-1639: American Innovation and Jobs Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1639)
- [119-s-199: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-199)
- [119-s-1261: CONNECT for Health Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1261)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-763 (as of 2025-12-21).