HR 1107
Passed a chamber
Allows certain Department of Veterans Affairs health care professionals to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled medications to veterans via telemedicine without first conducting an in-person exam, provided they hold a valid state license and the medication serves a legitimate medical purpose.
Official title: Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
06-FEB-2025
Referred
06-FEB-2025
Reported
29-JUL-2025
On the calendar
29-JUL-2025
Passed
15-SEP-2025
Senate
Received
16-SEP-2025
- Permits covered VA health care professionals to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled substances to eligible veterans through telemedicine without an in-person examination.
- Requires an active, full, and unrestricted state license, registration, or certification authorizing the basic class of the substance, and use in the usual course of professional practice for a legitimate medical purpose.
- Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish regulations setting guidelines and a process for these telemedicine dispensations.
- Extends coverage to health professions trainees appointed under section 7405 who are under the clinical supervision of a covered professional, and states that existing obligations under the Controlled Substances Act are not changed.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (06-FEB-2025); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 15-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Veterans' Affairs Committee (House)
- Health Subcommittee
- Veterans' Affairs Committee (Senate)
Armed Forces and National Security
■ 15 D■ 13 R
15 Democrats
13 Republicans