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HR 1107 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025

In plain language: This bill allows Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare providers to prescribe and dispense controlled medications to eligible veterans via telemedicine without requiring an in-person medical exam. The policy applies to direct VA employees and supervised trainees who hold active, unrestricted prescribing licenses, but excludes outside contractors. Prescriptions must be for legitimate medical purposes, and providers must still follow federal controlled substance laws while the VA develops formal rules to govern the process.

Provisional: our plain-language summary, pending review.

Provisionalunreviewed: impact, issue tags, provisions, stakeholders, summary
People affected—Not determinable from the text provided; the bill applies to VA clinicians and eligible veterans receiving care via telemedicine, but no specific counts are cited.
Fiscal magnitude—CBO cost estimate published (H.R. 1107, Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025, 2025-06-06); dollar figure pending review extraction — see receipt
Reach38provisional · pending reviewrigor: heuristic llm
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Issues

What this bill touches.

Veterans' care delivery+30

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it helps

  • Eligible veterans and VA patientsCan receive prescription controlled substances through telemedicine from qualified VA providers without requiring a prior in-person medical examination.provisional
  • Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare professionals and traineesAre authorized to deliver, distribute, or dispense prescription controlled substances to eligible patients via telemedicine without first conducting an in-person examination, subject to licensing and professional practice rules.provisional

Who it burdens

  • Department of Veterans AffairsMust develop and issue regulations establishing guidelines and processes for VA healthcare professionals to deliver, distribute, and dispense controlled substances via telemedicine.provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Allows qualified Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare providers and supervised trainees to prescribe and dispense controlled substances to eligible veterans through telemedicine without a prior in-person medical exam, provided they are properly licensed and acting for a legitimate medical purpose.

    Sec. 2(1730D)(a)provisional

  2. Directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to issue regulations establishing guidelines and procedures for prescribing and dispensing controlled substances to veterans via telemedicine.

    Sec. 2(1730D)(b)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Sep 16, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  2. Sep 15, 2025The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  3. Sep 15, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. Sep 15, 2025On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4279)
  5. Sep 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4279-4280: 1)
  6. Jul 29, 2025Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-221.
  7. Jul 29, 2025Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-221.
  8. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
  9. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House

The original text

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Sources & provenance

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