H.R. 1407

Summary

H.R. 1407, the Permanent Telehealth from Home Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 18, 2025 by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) with 4 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Feb 18, 2025: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Record

Text

H.R. 1407 has 4 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1407 IH: Permanent Telehealth from Home Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1407  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 18, 2025   Mr. Buchanan  (for himself,  Mr. Miller of Ohio , and  Mr. Thompson of California ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on  Ways and Means , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned   A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Permanent Telehealth from Home Act  .
2.
Removing geographic requirements and expanding originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program
Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m) ) is amended—
(1)
in paragraph (2)(B)(iii)—
(A)
by striking  In the case that the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ends before December 31, 2024, with  and inserting  With ; and
(B)
by striking  during the period beginning on the first day after the end of such emergency period and ending March 31, 2025  and inserting  after the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ; and
(2)
in paragraph (4)(C)(iii)—
(A)
by striking  In the case that the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) ends before December 31, 2024, with  and inserting  With ; and
(B)
by striking  during the period beginning on the first day after the end of such emergency period and ending March 31, 2025  and inserting  after the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) .

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) sponsors H.R. 1407, and 4 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Vern Buchanan

Rep. · R–FL-16 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025

Max Miller

Rep. · R–OH-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 18, 2025 · Original

Mike Thompson

Rep. · D–CA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 18, 2025 · Original

Darin LaHood

Rep. · R–IL-16 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 25, 2025

Tom Barrett

Rep. · R–MI-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 14, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1407 went before 2 committees: Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Feb 18, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Feb 18, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1407 has taken 2 actions since Feb 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1407 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1407 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Permanent Telehealth from Home Act — Display Title
• Permanent Telehealth from Home Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove geographic requirements and expand originating sites for telehealth services under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

4 clients hired 5 firms and 36 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1407 in 30 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Medicare/Medicaid, Health Issues, Insurance, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Pharmacy, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 36.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1407 under Health, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 5 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1407’s is Health.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1407 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Computers and information technology to Medicare.

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