Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025

119 S763 IS: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 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. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 763 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 27, 2025 Mr. Daines (for himself and Ms. Cortez Masto ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025 . 2. Exemption for telehealth services (a) In general Subparagraph (E) of section 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: (E) Safe harbor for absence of deductible for telehealth A plan shall not fail to be treated as a high deductible health plan by reason of failing to have a deductible for telehealth and other remote care services. . (b) Certain coverage disregarded Clause (ii) of section 223(c)(1)(B) 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 section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2024.