Permanent Telehealth from Home Act

Bill: 119-hr-1407
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-02-18
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Computers and information technology

Geography and mapping

Health care coverage and access

Health technology, devices, supplies

Medicare
Latest action: action_date: 2025-02-18
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Permanent Telehealth from Home Act</strong></p><p>This bill permanently allows any site to serve as an originating site (i.e., the location of the beneficiary) for purposes of Medicare telehealth services, including a beneficiary's home.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1407 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 18, 2025 Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Miller of Ohio , and Mr. Thompson of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Permanent Telehealth from Home Act . 2. Removing geographic requirements and expanding originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(B)(iii)— (A) by striking In the case that the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ends before December 31, 2024, with and inserting With ; and (B) by striking during the period beginning on the first day after the end of such emergency period and ending March 31, 2025 and inserting after the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ; and (2) in paragraph (4)(C)(iii)— (A) by striking In the case that the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ends before December 31, 2024, with and inserting With ; and (B) by striking during the period beginning on the first day after the end of such emergency period and ending March 31, 2025 and inserting after the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) .