Telehealth Benefit Expansion for Workers Act of 2023

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 824.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-132 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on June 30, 2023.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 30, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/132

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 824, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a55f9bb3f0c818692efc2193fabcf8763b2b8f2499fb0f2b94748b334f238829

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• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WALBERG, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 22, February 2, 2023, Page H683):
  Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat benefits for telehealth services offered under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage as excepted benefits.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 2, 2023 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  380 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 824, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/824

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a55f9bb3f0c818692efc2193fabcf8763b2b8f2499fb0f2b94748b334f238829

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of July 21, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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