119 HR 1650 IH: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025 U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-27 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 1650IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFebruary 27, 2025Mr. 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 MeansA BILLTo 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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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025.

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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.