SENATE BILL 744

Sponsored By:

Senators Pugh and Montgomery

Entitled:

Health Insurance - Coverage for Telemedicine Services

Synopsis:

Requiring specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for specified telemedicine services in a specified manner; prohibiting specified insurers, nonprofit health service plans, and health maintenance organizations from excluding from coverage a specified telemedicine service for specified reasons; etc.

History by Legislative and Calendar Date

Senate Action

2/4

First Reading Finance

2/8

Hearing 2/23 at 2:00 p.m.

House Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Senator Catherine E. Pugh, District 40

Senator Karen S. Montgomery, District 14

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

Health Insurance -see also- HMOS; Managed Care Organizations

Health Maintenance Organizations -see also- Manage Care Orgs

Health Occupations -see also- specific health occupations

Health Planning and Cost Review

Patients

Physicians -see also- Dentists; Med Exmnrs; Psych; etc

Reimbursement Rates

Telecommunications -see also- Telephones

Bill affects the following Statutes:

Health - General

( 19-706 )

Insurance

( 15-138 )

Documents

Bill Text: First Reading, Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal and Policy Note: Available

Amendments: None offered