HB 825 Missouri House · 2025 Regular Session

Modifies provisions relating to telehealth services

HB 825 modifies telehealth service rules in our state. It requires health care providers offering telehealth to patients within the state to hold a full license to practice here and follow the same care standards as in-person visits. The bill allows providers to use any electronic platform for telehealth (like video or phone calls), as long as they comply with privacy laws, and clarifies that non-real-time communication (like sending patient data for later review) is permitted. It also specifies exceptions for emergencies, informal consultations between out-of-state providers, and episodic advice requested by a local doctor. The law does not change existing scope-of-practice rules for providers.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

Introduced Perfected · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was perfected with minor formatting and numbering corrections. The text was reorganized to properly align line numbers and remove extraneous markup symbols. The substantive definition of telehealth remains unchanged, specifying that care can be delivered when the patient is at the originating site and the provider is at a distant site, including asynchronous store-and-forward technology.
TECHNICAL

Line numbering and formatting were corrected to align properly with the document structure.

Extraneous markup symbols and bracketed explanatory text were removed from the final version.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
7
Committee
9
May 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
SCS Voted Do Pass (S)
upper
Apr 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Public Hearing Scheduled (S) - Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 8:00 a.m., Senate Committee Room 1 - 1st Floor
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Second read and referred: Families, Seniors and Health(S)
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Read and Passed (H) - AYES: 150 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 10 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
Referred: Rules - Legislative(H)
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported Do Pass (H) - AYES: 11 NOES: 0 PRESENT: 0
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Voted Do Pass (H)
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Referred: Health and Mental Health(H)
lower
Jan 9, 2025
Introduced
Introduced and Read First Time (H)
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors