House to Vote on Bill to Permanently Allow Some Telehealth Prescriptions for Veterans

The House was set to vote as soon as Monday night under suspension of the rules to pass the Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act (HR-1107). The refiled measure would permanently extend a temporary exemption, first enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, to let Department of Veterans Affairs health care professionals use telehealth services to prescribe medically necessary controlled substances to veterans under certain conditions. Lawmakers have also long supported proposals to make permanent waivers allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use that money on telehealth services (see 2008170064).