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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 26, 2025
This bill permanently allows audiologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists to furnish telehealth services under Medicare.
People & committees
Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] · R–PA
Legislative record
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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.
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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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PlainBill explanation
Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-26 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
H.R. 1614 proposes to change which health care practitioners can furnish telehealth services under Medicare. Its section heading describes an expansion of eligibility, but the existing rule is not reproduced. The supplied text therefore does not establish which additional practitioners would qualify.
1. 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.
The bill would amend section 1834(m)(4)(E) of the Social Security Act by removing the passage beginning with “and,” and ending with “shall include,” and replacing it with “and includes.” The omitted statutory passage is needed to determine the full effect of this change.
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.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated June 24, 2026, records introduction in the House on February 26, 2025, and referral that day to the Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means committees for consideration of provisions within their respective jurisdictions.
Source snapshot updated 2026-06-24T08:08:22Z.
2025-02-26: Introduced in House
2025-02-26: 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 closer look
Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-26. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
Evidence is limited
The complete supplied introduced text amends an eligibility rule without reproducing it. The missing statutory context prevents determining whether the change creates a materially narrow preference or exception.
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