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House Veterans' Committee OKs telehealth prescription authority amid heated debate over VA telework
Summary
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee voted to advance HR 1107 to allow VA clinicians to prescribe medications by telemedicine, while rejecting multiple minority amendments that sought to reinstate remote-work agreements for VA clinicians affected by the administration's return-to-office order.
The House Committee on Veterans' Affairs advanced HR 1107, the Protect Veterans' Access to Telemedicine Services Act, after the panel voted to report the bill favorably to the House. The bill would amend title 38 to make permanent authority for VA clinicians to prescribe medications via telehealth, an authority the VA temporarily used during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supporters said telemedicine expands access to care for rural, elderly and disabled veterans and preserves important continuity of services. Representative Berkman, speaking for the bill’s supporters, said the legislation restores prescriptions by telehealth that otherwise would…
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