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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1107
5	5	To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain heath care
6	6	professionals employed by the Department of Veterans Affairs to deliver,
7	7	distribute, or dispense to veterans certain controlled medications via
8	8	telemedicine under certain conditions, and for other purposes.
9	9	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10	10	FEBRUARY6, 2025
11	11	Mr. W
12	12	OMACK(for himself, Mr. BISHOP, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. DAVISof North
13	13	Carolina, Mr. N
14	14	EGUSE, Mrs. BICE, Mr. VALADAO, Mrs. KIGGANSof Vir-
15	15	ginia, Mr. W
16	16	ITTMAN, and Mr. ROGERSof Kentucky) introduced the fol-
17	17	lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
18	18	A BILL
19	19	To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize certain
20	20	heath care professionals employed by the Department
21	21	of Veterans Affairs to deliver, distribute, or dispense
22	22	to veterans certain controlled medications via telemedi-
23	23	cine under certain conditions, and for other purposes.
24	24	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
25	25	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
26	26	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
27	27	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Veteran Ac-4
28	28	cess to Telemedicine Services Act of 2025’’. 5
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32	32	SEC. 2. DELIVERY, DISTRIBUTION, AND DISPENSATION OF 1
33	33	CONTROLLED MEDICATIONS BY COVERED 2
34	34	DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 3
35	35	HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS VIA TELE-4
36	36	MEDICINE. 5
37	37	Subchapter III of chapter 17 of title 38, United 6
38	38	States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-7
39	39	lowing new section (and conforming the table of sections 8
40	40	at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): 9
41	41	‘‘§ 1730D. Delivery, distribution, and dispensation of 10
42	42	controlled medications via telemedicine 11
43	43	‘‘(a) I
44	44	NGENERAL.—Pursuant to section 1730C of 12
45	45	this title and subject to the requirements of title III of 13
46	46	the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), 14
47	47	a covered health care professional may use telemedicine 15
48	48	to deliver, distribute, or dispense to a patient eligible to 16
49	49	receive medical treatment under this chapter a controlled 17
50	50	substance that is a prescription drug as determined under 18
51	51	the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 19
52	52	et seq.) regardless of whether such covered health care 20
53	53	professional has conducted an in-person medical examina-21
54	54	tion of such patient if— 22
55	55	‘‘(1) such covered health care professional is— 23
56	56	‘‘(A) authorized to prescribe the basic class 24
57	57	of such controlled substance under an active, 25
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61	61	current, full, and unrestricted State license, 1
62	62	registration, or certification; and 2
63	63	‘‘(B) acting in the usual course of profes-3
64	64	sional practice; and 4
65	65	‘‘(2) such substance is delivered, distributed, or 5
66	66	dispensed for a legitimate medical purpose. 6
67	67	‘‘(b) R
68	68	EGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall establish in 7
69	69	regulations guidelines and a process for the delivery, dis-8
70	70	tribution, and dispensation of a controlled substance pur-9
71	71	suant to subsection (a). 10
72	72	‘‘(c) R
73	73	ULE OFCONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-11
74	74	tion may be construed to remove, limit, or otherwise affect 12
75	75	any obligation of a covered health care professional under 13
76	76	the Controlled Substances Act. 14
77	77	‘‘(d) D
78	78	EFINITIONS.— In this section: 15
79	79	‘‘(1) The terms ‘controlled substance’, ‘deliver’, 16
80	80	‘dispense’, and ‘distribute’ have the meanings given 17
81	81	such terms in section 102 of the Controlled Sub-18
82	82	stances Act, respectively. 19
83	83	‘‘(2) The term ‘covered health care professional’ 20
84	84	means— 21
85	85	‘‘(A) a health care professional who— 22
86	86	‘‘(i) is an employee of the Department 23
87	87	appointed under section 7306, 7401, 7405, 24
88	88	7406, or 7408 of this title or under title 5; 25
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92	92	‘‘(ii) is not a contractor of the De-1
93	93	partment; 2
94	94	‘‘(iii) is authorized by the Secretary to 3
95	95	provide health care under this chapter; 4
96	96	‘‘(iv) is required to adhere to all 5
97	97	standards for quality relating to the provi-6
98	98	sion of health care in accordance with ap-7
99	99	plicable policies of the Department; 8
100	100	‘‘(v) has an active, current, full, and 9
101	101	unrestricted license, registration, or certifi-10
102	102	cation or meet qualification standards set 11
103	103	forth by the Secretary within a specified 12
104	104	time frame; and 13
105	105	‘‘(vi) with respect to a health care 14
106	106	profession listed under section 7402(b) of 15
107	107	this title, has the qualifications for such 16
108	108	profession as set forth by the Secretary; 17
109	109	and 18
110	110	‘‘(B) a health professions trainee who— 19
111	111	‘‘(i) is appointed under section 7405 20
112	112	of this title; and 21
113	113	‘‘(ii) is under the clinical supervision 22
114	114	of a health care professional described in 23
115	115	subparagraph (A).’’. 24
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