Transparent Telehealth Bills Act of 2024

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9457.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 9457, Transparent Telehealth Bills Act of 2024” on November 12, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on September 11, 2024”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 12, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60977

  CBO publication date

  November 12, 2024

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9457, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9457

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59ff726344851b50394514fc780a09c506f66750c48b985da4760c281554c1e4

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• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 118-876 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 16, 2024.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 16, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/118/HRPT/876

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9457, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9457

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59ff726344851b50394514fc780a09c506f66750c48b985da4760c281554c1e4

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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. BEAN of Florida, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 138, September 6, 2024, Page H5032):
  The Necessary and Proper Clause of Article 1 Section 8 The Congress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution . . . The single subject of this legislation is: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit increased payments under a group health plan or group health insurance coverage for telehealth services furnished by a provider located at a facility.
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 6, 2024 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  442 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 9457, 118th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/9457

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  July 21, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 14, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  59ff726344851b50394514fc780a09c506f66750c48b985da4760c281554c1e4

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

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