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H.R. 5981 117th Congress House

Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules.

Introduced: December 7, 2021 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 15, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 15, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 15, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 15, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021

This bill makes permanent the exemption for telehealth services from certain high deductible health plan rules.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 1704 Identical bill Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021
  • HR 341 Ensuring Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021
  • S 2097 TELEHEALTH HSA Act of 2021
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 5 Republican 19
Peltola, Mary
· Oct 11, 2022
Deutch, Theodore
· Jun 8, 2022
 R
Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Apr 26, 2022
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Apr 5, 2022
 R
Van Duyne, Beth
Texas · Jan 21, 2022
 R
Kim, Young
California · Jan 13, 2022
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Jan 12, 2022
 R
Letlow, Julia
Louisiana · Dec 9, 2021
 R
Cline, Ben
Virginia · Dec 8, 2021
LaTurner, Jake
· Dec 7, 2021
 R
Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 7, 2021
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Dec 2, 2021
 R
Tenney, Claudia
New York · Dec 2, 2021
 R
Boebert, Lauren
Colorado · Nov 18, 2021
 D
Carbajal, Salud O.
California · Nov 18, 2021
Keller, Fred
· Nov 18, 2021
 R
Mann, Tracey
Kansas · Nov 18, 2021
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Nov 17, 2021
 R
Tiffany, Thomas P.
Wisconsin · Nov 17, 2021
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Nov 17, 2021
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Nov 17, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Nov 16, 2021
 R
Bacon, Don
Nebraska · Nov 15, 2021
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Nov 15, 2021
Herrera Beutler, Jaime
· Nov 15, 2021
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Nov 15, 2021
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Nov 15, 2021
O'Halleran, Tom
· Nov 15, 2021
 R
Owens, Burgess
Utah · Nov 15, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5981: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5981/
MLA
"H.R. 5981: Telehealth Expansion Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5981/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 5981, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5981/.
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