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HR 1107 Passed a chamber

Allows certain Department of Veterans Affairs health care professionals to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled medications to veterans via telemedicine without first conducting an in-person exam, provided they hold a valid state license and the medication serves a legitimate medical purpose.

Official title: Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025

Next stop Senate: awaiting action
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced 06-FEB-2025
Referred 06-FEB-2025
Reported 29-JUL-2025
On the calendar 29-JUL-2025
Passed 15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received 16-SEP-2025
Key points
  • Permits covered VA health care professionals to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled substances to eligible veterans through telemedicine without an in-person examination.
  • Requires an active, full, and unrestricted state license, registration, or certification authorizing the basic class of the substance, and use in the usual course of professional practice for a legitimate medical purpose.
  • Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish regulations setting guidelines and a process for these telemedicine dispensations.
  • Extends coverage to health professions trainees appointed under section 7405 who are under the clinical supervision of a covered professional, and states that existing obligations under the Controlled Substances Act are not changed.
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Official CRS summary

Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (06-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-SEP-2025).

CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov
Committee referrals (3) Policy area

Armed Forces and National Security

Sponsor Steve Womack (R-AR) Cosponsors · 28
■ 15 D■ 13 R