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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="1107" measure-id="id119hr1107" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-02-06" update-date="2025-05-01">
        <title>Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr1107v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2025-05-01">
            <action-date>2025-02-06</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill permanently authorizes certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care professionals to use&nbsp;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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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