HB 947 (2019) -  Telehealth

General Bill by Ausley
Telehealth: Establishes standard of care for telehealth providers; authorizes 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; requires DOH to develop & disseminate educational materials to specified licenses; provides recordkeeping requirements; provides patient consent requirements.
Effective Date: July 1, 2019
Last Event: Died in Health Quality Subcommittee; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137) on Friday, May 3, 2019 11:59 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

House Referrals

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 23 Subject: Telehealth Relationship: Compare
Bill #: CS/SB 1526 Subject: Telehealth Relationship: Compare

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; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137) Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 05/03/2019 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/05/2019 - 11:28 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Human Services Committee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM Member: Committee: Health & Human Services Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee Time: 02/28/2019 - 10:40 AM Member: Committee: Health Quality Subcommittee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 02/20/2019 - 10:53 AM Member: Ausley Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
456.4501 CS/SB 1526*, CS/SB 7078*

(*) Not the latest version