CS/SB 478 (2015) -  Telehealth

General Bill by Health Policy and Bean (CO-SPONSORS) Joyner
Telehealth: Providing certain practice standards for telehealth providers; authorizing telehealth providers to use telehealth to prescribe controlled substances, with an exception; prohibiting the use of telehealth or specified computer-controlled devices to prescribe optical devices, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2015
Last Event: 05/01/15 S Died in Appropriations on Friday, May 1, 2015 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Health Policy
    • On agenda for: 02/17/15 9:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 8   Nays 0
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
    • On agenda for: 04/14/15 1:30 PM
    • Recommendation: Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 7   Nays 0
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 545 Subject: Telehealth Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
    • P 545714 , Appropriations Date Filed: 04/16/15, Line#: 0
    • A 707614 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Bean Date Filed: 04/14/15, Line#: 39 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/16/2015 04:12 PM
    • A 620994 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Bean Date Filed: 04/13/15, Line#: 63 Senate(c): Replaced by Substitute Amendment 04/16/2015 04:12 PM
    • SA 596394 , Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, Bean Date Filed: 04/14/15, Line#: 63 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 04/16/2015 04:12 PM
  • Original Filed Version
    • D 813832 , Health Policy, Bean Date Filed: 02/16/15, Line#: 0 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/17/2015 11:21 AM
    • AA 539316 , Health Policy, Galvano Date Filed: 02/16/15, Line#: 56 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 02/17/2015 11:21 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 4/16/2015 4:10:45 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 4/13/2015 4:47:04 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 2/18/2015 1:26:38 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Health Policy 2/16/2015 9:09:40 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Appropriations Time: 05/01/2015 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations -SJ 426 Time: 04/16/2015 - 4:17 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Version: c1
Event: S Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 426 Time: 04/14/2015 - 2:32 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/14/15, 1:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building Time: 04/09/2015 - 2:51 PM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 154 Time: 03/03/2015 - 9:30 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 63 Time: 03/03/2015 - 7:55 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 159 Time: 02/20/2015 - 10:02 AM Member: Committee: Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/18/2015 - 2:20 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: c1
Event: S CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 159 Time: 02/17/2015 - 10:54 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/17/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 02/09/2015 - 4:34 PM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 63 Time: 02/03/2015 - 9:11 AM Member: Committee: Health Policy Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/22/2015 - 4:46 PM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
456.4501