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CS/SB 478: Telehealth

GENERAL BILL by Health Policy ; Bean ; 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: 7/1/2015
 Last Action: 5/1/2015 Senate - Died in Appropriations
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
1/22/2015 Senate • Filed
2/3/2015 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 63
2/9/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 02/17/15, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
2/17/2015 Senate • CS by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 159
2/18/2015 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
2/20/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 159
3/3/2015 Senate • Introduced -SJ 63
• CS by Health Policy read 1st time -SJ 154
4/9/2015 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/14/15, 1:30 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
4/14/2015 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 7 NAYS 0 -SJ 426
4/16/2015 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 426
5/1/2015 Senate • Died in Appropriations