H.R. 824 · 118th Congress

Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023

Introduced on Feb 2, 2023 by Tim Walberg (R-MI-5). 10 cosponsors, 3 of them from another party. Latest action (Dec 17, 2024): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Feb 2, 2023
Cosponsors
10
3 from the other party
Policy area
Health
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat benefits for telehealth services offered under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage as excepted benefits.

Subjects

  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health technology, devices, supplies

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tim WalbergR-MI-5Sponsor

Democrats · 3

Republicans · 7

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Feb 2, 2023Introduced in House
  2. Feb 2, 2023Introduced in House
  3. Feb 2, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
  4. Feb 2, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
  5. Feb 2, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
  6. Feb 10, 2023 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  7. Jun 13, 2023 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  8. Jun 13, 2023 · HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 21 - 14.
  9. Jun 30, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-132, Part I.
  10. Jun 30, 2023 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 118-132, Part I.
  11. Jul 13, 2023 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  12. Jul 13, 2023 · HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 11 .
  13. Jul 19, 2023 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  14. Jul 19, 2023 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 29 - 20.
  15. Dec 17, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. ATA ACTION14 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  2. TELADOC HEALTH, INC.6 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  3. THE BOEING COMPANY6 reports
    $15.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE BOEING COMPANY$9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  4. AFLAC5 reports
    $9.1M reported (all issues)
  5. AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)5 reports
    $14.2M reported (all issues)
  6. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL5 reports
  7. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $580K reported (all issues)
  8. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $1.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION5 reports
    $375K reported (all issues)
  10. Amazon.com Services LLC5 reports
    $22.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC$285.9K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. American Heart Association5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, INC.$333.7K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. BayCare Health System5 reports
  13. Boston Medical Center5 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER CORPORATION$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  14. CONSUMER TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATION5 reports
    $5.9M reported (all issues)
  15. Epilepsy Foundation5 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  16. Health-E Commerce including subsidiaries5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  17. Included Health (Formerly Grand Rounds Health)5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  18. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN INC.5 reports
    $2.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTONAI match · 97%
  19. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS5 reports
    $822.7K reported (all issues)
  20. NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY5 reports
    $319.3K reported (all issues)
  21. National Alliance on Mental Illness5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  22. TRINITY HEALTH5 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TRINITY HEALTH$226.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 95%
  23. The Cigna Group and subsidiaries (Formerly Cigna Corporation5 reports
    $10.2M reported (all issues)
  24. The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society5 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  25. The Partnership to Advance Virtual Care (PAVC)5 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)
  26. The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. dba Susan G. Komen5 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)
  27. NFIB (National Federation of Independent Business)3 reports
    $3.7M reported (all issues)
  28. American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, Inc.2 reports
    $5.7M reported (all issues)
  29. American Psychological Association Services Inc.(FKA American Psychological Assn2 reports
    $730K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION$710.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  30. Child Neurology Foundation2 reports
    $37.5K reported (all issues)
  31. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation2 reports
    $520K reported (all issues)
  32. Included Health2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  33. Residential Eating Disorders Consortium2 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  34. Society for Human Resource Management2 reports
    $560K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTAI match · 100%
  35. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES1 report
    $610K reported (all issues)
  36. Cigna Corporation1 report
    $90K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CIGNA WORLDWIDE INSURANCE BRANCH$2.5M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  37. FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS1 report
    $543K reported (all issues)
  38. Trauma Center Association of America1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.