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Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025

H.R. 1650 · 119th Congress · Feb 27, 2025 · Lineage

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.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025”.

Sec. 2 Making permanent the safe harbor for absence of deductible for telehealth

(a)
In general— Section 223(c)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking “In the case of” and all that follows through “a plan” and inserting “A plan”.
(b)
Certain coverage disregarded— Section 223(c)(1)(B)(ii) 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 subsection shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2024.