H.R. 1614

Summary

H.R. 1614, the To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program, was introduced in the House on Feb 26, 2025 by Rep. Mike Kelly (R) with 10 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Feb 26, 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. 1614 has 10 co-sponsors.

119 HR 1614 IH: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-26
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1614  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 26, 2025   Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania  (for himself,  Mr. Thompson of California , and  Mr. Smith of Nebraska ) 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 expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program.
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Expanding practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under Medicare
Section 1834(m)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)(4)(E) ) is amended by striking  and,  and all that follows through  shall include  and inserting  and includes .

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Mike Kelly (R) sponsors H.R. 1614, and 10 members have co-sponsored it, 2 of them from the day it was introduced.

Mike Kelly

Rep. · R–PA-16 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025

Adrian Smith

Rep. · R–NE-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Mike Thompson

Rep. · D–CA-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 26, 2025 · Original

Ed Case

Rep. · D–HI-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 26, 2025

Terri Sewell

Rep. · D–AL-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Aug 26, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 17, 2025

Greg Steube

Rep. · R–FL-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 1, 2025

Troy Balderson

Rep. · R–OH-12 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 10, 2025

Eugene Vindman

Rep. · D–VA-7 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 10, 2025

Carol Miller

Rep. · R–WV-1 · Co-sponsor

Joined Jan 7, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 1614 went before 2 committees: Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce.

Ways and Means

Ways and Means

Referred To · Feb 26, 2025 · 1,160 Bills

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Referred To · Feb 26, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1614 has taken 2 actions since Feb 26, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1614 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1614 goes by 2 titles.

• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program. — Official Title as Introduced
• To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand practitioners eligible to furnish telehealth services under the Medicare program. — Display Title

Lobbying

11 clients hired 12 firms and 88 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1614 in 63 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, Education, Budget/Appropriations, Veterans, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs, Defense.

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 88.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1614 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. 1614’s is Health.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1614 carries 5 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Computers and information technology to Medicare.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1614, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania:H.R. 1614.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, U.S. Constitution.[Page H879]

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