H.R. 1107 Congress 119 session
Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025 This bill permanently authorizes certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care professionals to use telemedicine to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled substances that are prescription drugs to patients who are eligible for VA health care, regardless of whether the health care professional has conducted an in-person medical examination. The health care professional must be (1) authorized to prescribe the basic class of such controlled substance under an active, current, full, and unrestricted license or certification; (2) acting in the usual course of professional practice; and (3) delivering, distributing, or dispensing the substance for a legitimate medical purpose.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Passed one chamber — last recorded action September 16, 2025
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Passage likelihood
32% Comparable to other bills at this stage
This is an estimate, not a guarantee. It is computed from the signals listed below and nothing else. It does not account for leadership priorities, floor scheduling, or negotiations that are not in the public record.
What the estimate is based on
- Historical base rate About 4% of introduced federal bills are enacted.
- Current stage Passed one chamber.
- Cosponsors 28 cosponsors.
- Bipartisan cosponsorship Cosponsors come from 2 parties.
- Days without action No recorded action in 357 days.
State-level impact
State-level impact data is not available for this bill. The source text does not contain a per-state funding formula or scored breakdown, so no figures are shown.
Official actions
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4279)
- Passed/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)
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1107.
- Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4279)
- Mr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
- Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-221.
- Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-221.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Introduced in House
- Introduced in House