HB 947: 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: 7/1/2019
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)
Bill Text: PDF
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)
Bill Text: PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2/20/2019 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/28/2019 | House |
• Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 96 |
| 3/5/2019 | House |
• Introduced -HJ 96 |
| 5/3/2019 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137) |
