HR 1627 · in committee · major
TREATS Act
- healthcare
What this bill does
- The bill permanently allows doctors to prescribe addiction treatment medications via telehealth without seeing patients in person.
- Patients with substance use disorders and healthcare practitioners offering remote addiction treatment are affected.
- The change makes permanent a temporary rule set to expire December 31, 2025, with no new federal spending required.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might permanently allowing remote prescriptions for addiction medications improve access for patients in rural or underserved areas?
- 02
What safeguards should exist to prevent misuse of telehealth addiction prescriptions compared to in-person evaluations?
- 03
Does evidence from the temporary telehealth rule suggest this approach maintains treatment quality and patient outcomes?
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Sponsor · D-NJ-1
Donald Norcross
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
30/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-02-26
Joining the bill
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
R-PA-1 · original
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
D-GA-4
Christopher R. Deluzio
D-PA-17
Gerald E. Connolly
D-VA-11
Don Bacon
R-NE-2
Donald G. Davis
D-NC-1
Steve Cohen
D-TN-9
Debbie Dingell
D-MI-6
Nanette Diaz Barragán
D-CA-44
Chrissy Houlahan
D-PA-6
Josh Harder
D-CA-9
Jonathan L. Jackson
D-IL-1
+ 18 more
Legislative timeline
2025-02-26 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2025-02-26 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
2025-02-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-26 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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