Telehealth services; definitions, report. (HB1332)

Introduced By

Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City) with support from co-patron Del. Kathy Tran (D-Springfield)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Statewide Telehealth Plan. Directs the Board of Health to develop and implement, by January 1, 2021, and thereafter maintain as a component of the State Health Plan a Statewide Telehealth Plan (the Plan) to promote an integrated approach to the introduction and use of telehealth services and telemedicine services, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill requires the Plan to include, among other provisions, provisions for (i) the use of remote patient monitoring services and store-and-forward technologies, including in cases involving patients with chronic illness; (ii) the promotion of the inclusion of telehealth services in hospitals, schools, and state agencies; and (iii) a strategy for the collection of data regarding the use of telehealth services. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2020Committee
01/08/2020Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104945D
01/08/2020Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
01/15/2020Assigned HWI sub: Health Professions
01/29/2020House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
01/29/2020Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
02/04/2020Committee substitute printed 20107088D-H1
02/04/2020Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2020Read first time
02/06/2020Read second time
02/06/2020Committee substitute agreed to 20107088D-H1
02/06/2020Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1332H1
02/07/2020Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/07/2020VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2020Constitutional reading dispensed
02/10/2020Referred to Committee on Education and Health
02/12/2020Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
02/14/2020Impact statement from DPB (HB1332H1)
02/20/2020Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/20/2020Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/26/2020Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/26/2020Committee substitute printed 20109129D-S1
02/27/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2020Read third time
02/28/2020Reading of substitute waived
02/28/2020Committee substitute agreed to 20109129D-S1
02/28/2020Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1332S1
02/28/2020Impact statement from DPB (HB1332S1)
02/28/2020Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2020Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2020Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2020Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/02/2020Placed on Calendar
03/02/2020Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109129D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
03/02/2020VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2020Enrolled
03/05/2020Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1332ER)
03/05/2020Impact statement from DPB (HB1332ER)
03/06/2020Signed by Speaker
03/06/2020Signed by President
03/12/2020Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
03/12/2020G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
04/06/2020G Approved by Governor-Chapter 729 (effective 7/1/20)
04/06/2020G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0729)