Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
- house
- senate
- president
Last progress September 16, 2025 (2 months ago)
Introduced on February 6, 2025 by Steve Womack
Sponsors (29)
House Votes
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)
Senate Votes
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Presidential Signature
AI Summary
This bill makes it easier for veterans to get certain prescription drugs by telehealth. It lets certain VA health care professionals deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled medications to eligible veterans through telemedicine, even if the provider has not done an in-person exam. The provider must be properly licensed, act within normal medical practice, and prescribe only for a real medical need. The VA must set rules for how this works, and nothing here removes any duties under the federal Controlled Substances Act.
- Who is affected: Veterans eligible for VA health care and VA health care professionals.
- What changes: Allows controlled prescriptions via telemedicine without a prior in-person visit when strict conditions are met; VA will issue guidelines; obligations under the Controlled Substances Act still apply.
- When: This authority is made permanent.