HB 793 (2018) -  Telehealth

General Bill by Massullo
Telehealth: Encourages state group health insurance program to offer health insurance plans that include telehealth coverage; authorizes AHCA to pay for certain telehealth services as optional Medicaid services; defines terms; establishes standard of care for telehealth providers; authorizing use of telehealth to perform patient evaluations; provides that telehealth providers, under certain circumstances, are not required to research patient's history or conduct physical exam before providing services; provides situations when use of telehealth is not deemed to be practicing medicine without a license; authorizes certain providers to use telehealth to prescribe specified controlled substances; provides construction; requires DOH to develop & disseminate educational materials to specified licenses; provides recordkeeping requirements; provides patient consent requirements; encourages certain insurers to include services provided through telehealth under certain conditions.
Effective Date: July 1, 2018
Last Event: Died in Health Quality Subcommittee on Saturday, March 10, 2018 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/SB 280 Subject: Telehealth Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/10/2018 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 01/09/2018 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 12/08/2017 - 3:44 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Committee Time: 12/08/2017 - 3:44 PM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 12/08/2017 - 3:44 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 11/22/2017 - 8:52 AM Member: Massullo Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
110.123 CS/SB 280*
409.906 CS/SB 280*, CS/SB 1342, SB 1498, SB 2506, HB 7023
456.4501 CS/SB 280
627.0915 CS/SB 280*

(*) Not the latest version