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SB1221

Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Ben Chafin (R)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Telemedicine services; coverage.

Requires insurers, corporations, or health maintenance organizations to cover medically necessary remote patient monitoring services as part of their coverage of telemedicine services to the full extent that these services are available. The bill defines remote patient monitoring services as the delivery of home health services using telecommunications technology to enhance the delivery of home health care, including monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry, blood glucose, and other condition-specific data; medication adherence monitoring; and interactive video conferencing with or without digital image upload. The bill requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services. This bill is identical to HB 1970. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/04/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101469D
  • 01/04/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
  • 01/11/2019 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
  • 01/24/2019 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
  • 01/24/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19105327D-S1
  • 01/24/2019 - Senate: Incorporates SB1124 (Favola)
  • 01/24/2019 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance
  • 01/28/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1221S1)
  • 01/29/2019 - Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
  • 01/30/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 01/31/2019 - Senate: Read second time
  • 01/31/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 01/31/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19105327D-S1
  • 01/31/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1221S1
  • 02/01/2019 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/06/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/06/2019 - House: Read first time
  • 02/06/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
  • 02/12/2019 - House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2019 - House: Read second time
  • 02/13/2019 - House: Read third time
  • 02/13/2019 - House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/13/2019 - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1221ER)
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1221ER)
  • 02/18/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/19/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019
  • 02/20/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 03/05/2019 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/19)
  • 03/05/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219)

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