HF 2192 — A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates for health care services provided to covered persons by telehealth and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2001.)

House File 2192 - IntroducedReprinted HOUSE FILE 2192 BY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2001) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 9, 2020) A BILL FOR An Act relating to reimbursement rates for health care services provided to covered persons by telehealth and including applicability provisions.

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“Telehealth” means the delivery of health care services through the use of real-time interactive audio and video, or other real-time interactive electronic media, regardless of where the health care professional and the covered person are each located .

Aa. health carrier shall reimburse a health care professional and a facility for health care services provided to a covered person by telehealth on the same basis and at the same rate as the health carrier would apply to the same health care services provided to a covered person by the health care professional and a facility in person.

A health carrier shall reimburse a health care professional and a facility for health care services provided by telehealth to a covered person located at a facility on the same basis and at the same rate as the health carrier would apply to the same health care services provided to a covered person by the health care professional and a facility in person.

b.

As a condition of reimbursement pursuant to paragraph “a”, a health carrier shall not require that an additional health care professional be located in the same room as a covered person while health care services for a mental health condition, illness, injury, or disease are delivered via telehealth by another health care professional to the covered person.

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2192 would apply to the same health care services provided to the covered person by the health care professional or facility in person.

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