HB 793: 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.
Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/22/2017 House • Filed
12/8/2017 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 70
1/9/2018 House • Introduced -HJ 70
3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
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HB 793, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/22/2017 at 8:52 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 280 (e1) Telehealth Bean Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Messages 
Citations - Statutes (4)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 110.123 State group insurance program. Page 2 (pdf) 409.906 Optional Medicaid services. Page 3 (pdf) 456.4501 Page 4 (pdf) 627.0915 Rate filings; workers’ compensation, drug-free workplace, and safe employers. Page 7 (pdf)