H.R. 1107 · 119th Congress

Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025

Introduced on Feb 6, 2025 by Steve Womack (R-AR-3). 28 cosponsors, 15 of them from another party. Latest action (Sep 16, 2025): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Cosponsors
28
15 from the other party
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
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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. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain heath care professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver, distribute, or dispense to veterans certain controlled medications via telemedicine under certain conditions, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health personnel
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Prescription drugs
  • Veterans' medical care

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Feb 6, 2025). Public domain.

Protecting Veteran Access to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025

This bill permanently authorizes certain Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care professionals to use telemedicine to deliver, distribute, or dispense controlled substances that are prescription drugs to patients who are eligible for VA health care, regardless of whether the health care professional has conducted an in-person medical examination. The health care professional must be (1) authorized to prescribe the basic class of such controlled substance under an active, current, full, and unrestricted license or certification; (2) acting in the usual course of professional practice; and (3) delivering, distributing, or dispensing the substance for a legitimate medical purpose.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Steve WomackR-AR-3Sponsor

Democrats · 15

Republicans · 13

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 6, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Feb 6, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Feb 6, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  4. Mar 11, 2025 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  5. Mar 12, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Hearings Held
  6. Mar 25, 2025 · HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  7. Mar 25, 2025 · HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
  8. May 6, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  9. Jul 29, 2025Reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-221.
  10. Jul 29, 2025 · HouseReported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs. H. Rept. 119-221.
  11. Jul 29, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 179.
  12. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseMr. Bost moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  13. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4279)
  14. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1107.
  15. Sep 15, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4279-4280: 1)
  16. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4279)
  17. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. Sep 15, 2025 · HouseThe title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
  19. Sep 16, 2025 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION6 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION$645K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS6 reports
    $910.6K reported (all issues)
  3. PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA6 reports
    $572.6K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • 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 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 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 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 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.