Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Veteran Ac-
cess to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DELIVERY, DISTRIBUTION, AND DISPENSATION OF 
CONTROLLED MEDICATIONS BY COVERED 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
VETERANS 
AFFAIRS 
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS VIA TELE-
MEDICINE. 
Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section (and conforming the table of sections 
at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 1730D. Delivery, distribution, and dispensation of 
controlled medications via telemedicine 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to section 1730C of 
this title and subject to the requirements of title II of the 
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act 
of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), a covered health care 
professional may use telemedicine to deliver, distribute, or 
dispense to a patient eligible to receive medical treatment 
under this chapter a controlled substance that is a pre-
scription drug as determined under the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) regard-
less of whether such covered health care professional has 
conducted an in-person medical examination of such pa-
tient if— 
‘‘(1) such covered health care professional is— 
‘‘(A) authorized to prescribe the basic class 
of such controlled substance under an active, 
current, full, and unrestricted State license, 
registration, or certification; and 
‘‘(B) acting in the usual course of profes-
sional practice; and 
‘‘(2) such substance is delivered, distributed, or 
dispensed for a legitimate medical purpose. 
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall establish in 
regulations guidelines and a process for the delivery, dis-
tribution, and dispensation of a controlled substance pur-
suant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion may be construed to remove, limit, or otherwise affect 
any obligation of a covered health care professional under 
the Controlled Substances Act. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: 
‘‘(1) The terms ‘controlled substance’, ‘deliver’, 
‘dispense’, and ‘distribute’ have the meanings given 
such terms in section 102 of the Controlled Sub-
stances Act, respectively.
‘‘(2) The term ‘covered health care professional’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) a health care professional who— 
‘‘(i) is an employee of the Department 
appointed under section 7306, 7401, 7405, 
7406, or 7408 of this title or under title 5; 
‘‘(ii) is not a contractor of the De-
partment; 
‘‘(iii) is authorized by the Secretary to 
provide health care under this chapter; 
‘‘(iv) is required to adhere to all 
standards for quality relating to the provi-
sion of health care in accordance with ap-
plicable policies of the Department; 
‘‘(v) has an active, current, full, and 
unrestricted license, registration, or certifi-
cation or meet qualification standards set 
forth by the Secretary within a specified 
time frame; and 
‘‘(vi) with respect to a health care 
profession listed under section 7402(b) of 
this title, has the qualifications for such 
profession as set forth by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(B) a health professions trainee who—
‘‘(i) is appointed under section 7405 
of this title; and 
‘‘(ii) is under the clinical supervision 
of a health care professional described in 
subparagraph (A).’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 15, 
2025. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1107 
AN ACT 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to author-
ize certain health care professionals employed by 
the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver, 
distribute, or dispense to veterans certain con-
trolled medications via telemedicine under certain 
conditions, and for other purposes.