Health Policy Signal Morning Brief: Thursday, June 25, 2026
House bill HR 9431 would amend ERISA to prohibit health care providers and facilities from imposing certain facility fees for telehealth.
Top Line
- House bill HR 9431 would amend ERISA to prohibit health care providers and facilities from imposing certain facility fees for telehealth.
- The bill’s latest action was on June 24, 2026, when it was referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce (HR 9431).
- No regulatory documents, agency news, hearings, or comment deadlines were included in today’s source set.
Regulatory Action
Nothing significant today.
On the Hill
HR 9431, introduced in the 119th Congress, targets certain facility fees for telehealth by amending the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The latest action, dated June 24, 2026, was referral to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. For physicians, the bill points directly at payment policy around virtual care encounters. For health IT vendors and telehealth platforms, the policy fight is whether telehealth billing should remain tethered to facility-based charge structures when the encounter is delivered remotely.
No hearings were included in today’s source material.
Comment Deadlines
Nothing significant today.
What to Watch
Today’s only signal is legislative, not regulatory. The facility-fee issue is moving through the House Committee on Education and Workforce, putting telehealth payment treatment into the ERISA lane rather than an agency rulemaking track.
The policy fight to watch is how lawmakers define which telehealth-related facility fees are prohibited and which entities are covered. That distinction matters for physicians, facilities, and health IT vendors because it shapes the economics of virtual care delivery without relying on a regulatory action in today’s source set.