SB 739 Pennsylvania Senate · 2023-2024 Regular Session

An Act amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in regulation of insurers and related persons generally, providing for telemedicine.

This bill amends Pennsylvania's insurance laws to require health insurance policies to cover medically necessary telemedicine services provided by participating network providers. It explicitly prohibits insurers from denying coverage or reimbursement solely because a service is delivered remotely via video, audio, or asynchronous methods. The legislation also prevents contracts from conditioning reimbursement on the use of specific proprietary technology or vendors, ensuring providers can use various telemedicine tools. By defining terms like telemedicine and remote patient monitoring, the law standardizes how these services are treated under existing insurance plans and managed care programs.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2024
Senate Passage
Jun 2024
House Passage
Jun 2024
Signed into Law
Jul 2024
Introduced Jun 2, 2023 Signed Jul 3, 2024
Floor votes · Senate May 7, 2024 · House Jun 24, 2024

How they voted

420
Passed
Total votes 42
May 7, 2024
D Democratic16
16 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
26 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
12
Committee
10
Amendments
3
Jul 3, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor
upper
Jun 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in House amendments
upper
Jun 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Re-reported on concurrence, as committed
upper
Jun 25, 2024
Committee
Referred to Rules & Executive Nominations
upper
Jun 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
lower
Jun 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Re-reported as committed
lower
Jun 12, 2024
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
lower
Jun 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported as amended
lower
May 21, 2024
Committee
Re-referred to Insurance
lower
May 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported with request to re-refer to Insurance
lower
May 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Health
lower
May 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Third consideration and final passage
upper
May 7, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (42-0)
senate
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Amended on third consideration
upper
May 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Re-reported as committed
upper
Oct 4, 2023
Committee
Re-referred to Appropriations
upper
Jun 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported as amended
upper
Jun 2, 2023
Committee
Referred to Banking & Insurance
upper
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors

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