Telemedicine services; payment and coverage of services. (SB1221)
Introduced By
Sen. Ben Chafin (R-Lebanon) with support from co-patrons Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson), Sen. Bill DeSteph (R-Virginia Beach), and Sen. Glen Sturtevant (R-Midlothian)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/04/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101469D |
| 01/04/2019 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| 01/11/2019 | Assigned Education sub: Health Professions |
| 01/24/2019 | Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/24/2019 | Committee substitute printed 19105327D-S1 |
| 01/24/2019 | Incorporates SB1124 (Favola) |
| 01/24/2019 | Rereferred to Finance |
| 01/28/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1221S1) |
| 01/29/2019 | Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/30/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/31/2019 | Read second time |
| 01/31/2019 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 01/31/2019 | Committee substitute agreed to 19105327D-S1 |
| 01/31/2019 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1221S1 |
| 02/01/2019 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2019 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/06/2019 | Read first time |
| 02/06/2019 | Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions |
| 02/12/2019 | Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2019 | Read second time |
| 02/13/2019 | Read third time |
| 02/13/2019 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| 02/13/2019 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/18/2019 | Enrolled |
| 02/18/2019 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1221ER) |
| 02/18/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1221ER) |
| 02/18/2019 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/19/2019 | Signed by President |
| 02/20/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 25, 2019 |
| 02/20/2019 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2019 |
| 02/20/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 |
| 03/05/2019 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 219 (effective 7/1/19) |
| 03/05/2019 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0219) |