The Florida Senate

CS/SB 1526: Telehealth

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations ; Harrell

Telehealth; Establishing standards of practice for telehealth providers; providing that a nonphysician telehealth provider using telehealth and acting within his or her relevant scope of practice is not deemed to be practicing medicine without a license; prohibiting a contract between a certain health insurer and a telehealth provider from requiring the telehealth provider to be reimbursed at lesser amount than if the service were provided in person; prohibiting a contract between a certain health maintenance organization and a telehealth provider from requiring the telehealth provider to be reimbursed at lesser amount than if the service were provided in-person, etc. APPROPRIATION: $276,409

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  2/28/2019	Senate	• Filed
  3/8/2019	Senate	• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 202
  3/13/2019	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 202
  3/20/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 03/25/19, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
  3/25/2019	Senate	• Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 10 NAYS 0 -SJ 265 • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services
  4/11/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 04/16/19, 1:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
  4/15/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
  4/16/2019	Senate	• Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable with 1 amendment(s) by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (862704); YEAS 6 NAYS 4 -SJ 378
  4/17/2019	Senate	• Now in Appropriations
  4/18/2019	Senate	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 04/18/19, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building • CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 14 NAYS 6 -SJ 379
  4/22/2019	Senate	• Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 388 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  4/24/2019	Senate	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/19 -SJ 578
  4/26/2019	Senate	• Read 2nd time -SJ 522 • Substituted CS/CS/HB 23 -SJ 523 • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137) -SJ 523

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• CS/SB 1526, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/22/2019 at 8:07 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 23 (er)	Telehealth	Yarborough	Similar	Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-137
  H 947	Telehealth	Ausley	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)

  Floor Amendments (3)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Floor Action	Format
  810132 - Amendment Between lines 97 and 98 insert:	Hooper	4/25/2019 1:58 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2019	Web Page PDF
  409632 - Amendment Delete lines 235 - 246 and insert:	Harrell	4/25/2019 2:06 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2019	Web Page PDF
  395174 - Amendment Delete lines 235 - 248 and insert:	Harrell	4/25/2019 4:41 PM	Senate: Not Considered 4/26/2019	Web Page PDF

  Citations - Statutes (3)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  456.47		Page 2 (pdf)
  627.42396		Page 8 (pdf)
  641.31	Health maintenance contracts.	Page 9 (pdf)

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• SB 1526, Original Filed Version Posted 2/28/2019 at 2:43 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/22/2019 (pdf) Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 3/25/2019 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 4/15/2019 (pdf) Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 4/16/2019 (pdf) Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 4/17/2019 (pdf) Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 4/19/2019 (pdf)

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  H 23 (c2)	Telehealth	Yarborough	Compare	Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-137
  H 947	Telehealth	Ausley	Compare	Last Action: 5/3/2019 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)

  Committee Amendments (6)

  Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
  763358 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Harrell)	4/15/2019 2:59 PM	Replaced by Engrossed Amendment 4/17/2019	Web Page PDF
  809042 - Amendment to Amendment (763358) Delete line 16 and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Hooper)	4/15/2019 6:58 PM	Withdrawn 4/17/2019	Web Page PDF
  648844 - Amendment to Amendment (763358) Between lines 60 and 61 insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Hooper)	4/15/2019 6:58 PM	Withdrawn 4/17/2019	Web Page PDF
  277068 - Amendment to Amendment (763358) Delete line 100 and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Harrell)	4/16/2019 9:57 AM	Replaced by Engrossed Amendment 4/17/2019	Web Page PDF
  147794 - Substitute Amendment (Delete All) (763358) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Appropriations (Harrell)	4/17/2019 4:14 PM	Replaced by Committee Substitute 4/19/2019	Web Page PDF
  862704 - Amendment (Delete All) Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Harrell)	4/16/2019 5:40 PM	Favorable 4/18/2019	Web Page PDF

  Committee Votes (3)

  Date	Committee	Result
  3/25/2019 1:30 PM	Health Policy	10 Yeas - 0 Nays
  4/16/2019 1:00 PM	Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services	6 Yeas - 4 Nays
  4/18/2019 9:00 AM	Appropriations	14 Yeas - 6 Nays

  Citations - Statutes (5)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  409.967	Managed care plan accountability.	Page 2 (pdf)
  456.4501		Page 4 (pdf)
  627.42393		Page 7 (pdf)
  641.31	Health maintenance contracts.	Page 9 (pdf)
  641.31093		Page 9 (pdf)

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