S. 763

Summary

S. 763, the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Feb 27, 2025 by Sen. Steve Daines (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Finance, and last saw action on Feb 27, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Record

Text

S. 763 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 S763 IS: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-02-27
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 II  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  S. 763  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   February 27, 2025   Mr. Daines  (for himself and  Ms. Cortez Masto ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Finance    A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025  .
2.
Exemption for telehealth services
(a)
In general
Subparagraph (E) of  section 223(c)(2)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
(E)
Safe harbor for absence of deductible for telehealth
A plan shall not fail to be treated as a high deductible health plan by reason of failing to have a deductible for telehealth and other remote care services.
 .
(b)
Certain coverage disregarded
Clause (ii) of  section 223(c)(1)(B)  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking  (in the case of months or plan years to which paragraph (2)(E) applies) .
(c)
Effective date
The amendments made by this section shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2024.

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules.

Sponsors

Sen. Steve Daines (R) sponsors S. 763, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Steve Daines

Sen. · R–MT · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 27, 2025

Catherine Cortez Masto

Sen. · D–NV · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 27, 2025 · Original

Thom Tillis

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined Mar 12, 2025

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Committees

S. 763 went before 1 committee: Finance.

Finance

Finance

Referred To · Feb 27, 2025 · 902 Bills

Actions

S. 763 has taken 2 actions since Feb 27, 2025.

Votes

S. 763 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 763 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

20 clients hired 21 firms and 236 registered lobbyists who named S. 763 in 87 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 Health Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Transportation, Medicare/Medicaid, Environment/Superfund, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Trade (domestic/foreign), Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

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 236.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 763 under Taxation, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 763’s is Taxation.

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