Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
Latest action · Sep 16, 2025 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 6, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 15, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
This bill permanently authorizes certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care professionals to use telemedicine to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled substances that are prescription drugs to patients who are eligible for VA health care, regardless of whether the health care professional has conducted an in-person medical examination. The health care professional must be (1) authorized to prescribe the basic class of such controlled substance under an active, current, full, and unrestricted license or certification; (2) acting in the usual course of professional practice; and (3) delivering, distributing, or dispensing the substance for a legitimate medical purpose.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2025 to Jul 22, 2025; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| D-NC | Donald G. Davis | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-KY | Harold Rogers | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-VA | Jennifer A. Kiggans | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Original | Feb 6, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Pat Fallon | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | May 8, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Scott Franklin | May 9, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 13, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Tim Moore | May 13, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | May 15, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | May 15, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 19, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Gabe Vasquez | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | May 21, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Nellie Pou | Jun 5, 2025 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Jul 21, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | Jul 22, 2025 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 6, 2025Markup May 6, 2025Reported Jul 29, 2025 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Mar 11, 2025Hearings Mar 12, 2025Markup Mar 25, 2025Reported Mar 25, 2025 | |
| Senate | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Referred Sep 16, 2025 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Sep 15, 2025Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 15, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4279)
- Sep 15, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1107.
- Sep 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4279-4280: 1)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4279–H4281Text printed H4279 | Mark Takano D-CA, Mike Bost R-IL, Steve Womack R-AR | Sep 15, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 6, 2025H.R. 1107, Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 6, 2025
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 25, February 6, 2025, page H557.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 119-10 | LEGISLATIVE HEARING163 pages | Veterans' Affairs Committee | Mar 11, 2025 |
Titles 7
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain heath care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver, distribute, or dispense to veterans certain controlled medications via telemedicine under certain conditions, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver, distribute, or dispense to veterans certain controlled medications via telemedicine under certain conditions, and for other purposes
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain health care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver, distribute, or dispense to veterans certain controlled medications via telemedicine under certain conditions, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2025Referred in Senate
- Sep 15, 2025Engrossed in House
- Jul 29, 2025Reported in House
- Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
