119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 7, 2025
Healthy Technology Act of 2025
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Latest action (Jan 7, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Health
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 7, 2025)
Healthy Technology Act of 2025
This bill establishes that artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning technology may be eligible to prescribe drugs.
Currently, certain drugs may be dispensed only upon a prescription provided by a practitioner licensed by law to administer the drug. Under this bill, an AI or machine learning technology may qualify as such a prescribing practitioner if the technology is (1) authorized by state law to prescribe the drug involved; and (2) approved, cleared, or authorized under certain federal provisions pertaining to medical devices and products.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Advanced technology and technological innovations · Health personnel · Health technology, devices, supplies · Prescription drugs
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11 citations.
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 14, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$85,668
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC.
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 14, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$125,538
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
HIMS & HERS HEALTH, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: HIMS & HERS HEALTH, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Jan 23, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$330,000
Spent on own lobbying
…d to access to compounded drugs and drug shortages H.R.5316 - Drug Shortage Compounding Patient Access Act of 2025 H.R.4605 - End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act H.R.238 - Healthy Technology Act of 2025 S.5040 - Protecting Patients from Deceptive Drug Ads Online Act S.2068 - End Prescription Drug Ads Now Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 14, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$123,492
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 14, 2026 · issue area: Health Issues
$85,529
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$124,710
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$84,881
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 16, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$369,331
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 16, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$83,637
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 15, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$125,865
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN SERVICES, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 15, 2025 · issue area: Health Issues
$253,870
Spent on own lobbying
…hich is the price set by manufacturers (and which is paid by uninsured patients, as well as the 50 percent of patients with high-deductible plans). ACP opposed H.R. 238, the Healthy Technology Act of 2025 (HTA). That Act would amend current law to clarify that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies can…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing