Delivering Health-care Services Through Telemedicine
Summary
Current law states that in-person contact between a health-care provider or mental health-care provider and a patient is not required under the state's medicaid program for services delivered through telemedicine that are otherwise eligible for reimbursement under medicaid. The act requires the department of health care policy and financing to promulgate rules specifically relating to entities that deliver health-care or mental health-care services exclusively or predominately through telemedicine.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Apr 5, 2021
Signed May 27, 2021
Floor votes · Senate May 11, 2021 · House Apr 27, 2021
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 34
May 11, 2021
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican14
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
2
May 27, 2021
Signed into law
Governor Signed
executive
May 11, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
upper
May 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
upper
Apr 29, 2021
Introduced
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
lower
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole
lower
Apr 5, 2021
Introduced
Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Cleave Simpson
RRepublican
P
FW
Faith Winter
DDemocratic
P
Susan Lontine
DDemocratic
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