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Rep. Arrington, Jodey C. [R-TX-19] · R–TX
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-27 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.
The bill proposes to make permanent a tax-code exception concerning telehealth coverage without a deductible—the amount a patient generally pays before insurance pays. Telehealth means health care delivered remotely. The proposal concerns insurance plans offering that coverage, but the supplied text does not reproduce the existing rules needed to explain fully which plans and people qualify.
2. Making permanent the safe harbor for absence of deductible for telehealth
The proposal, titled the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025, would replace the opening conditional wording of Internal Revenue Code section 223(c)(2)(E) with “A plan.” The intervening language being removed is not reproduced.
This Act may be cited as the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025.
(a) In general Section 223(c)(2)(E) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking In the case of and all that follows through a plan and inserting A plan.
The bill would also remove a parenthetical restriction tying a separate coverage rule to the months or plan years when section 223(c)(2)(E) applies. The remaining coverage rule is not reproduced.
(b) Certain coverage disregarded Section 223(c)(1)(B)(ii) 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).
The effective-date clause specifies plan years beginning after December 31, 2024. It describes the affected amendments as those “made by this subsection.”
(c) Effective date The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2024.
The official-actions snapshot updated October 1, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Ways and Means on February 27, 2025. This snapshot does not establish whether the bill subsequently advanced or became law.
Source snapshot updated 2025-10-01T08:05:51Z. 2025-02-27: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 2025-02-27: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2025-02-27. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
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