HB 1087: Insurance Coverage for Telehealth Services
GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez
Insurance Coverage for Telehealth Services; Prohibits Medicaid managed care plans from using providers who provide services exclusively through telehealth to achieve network adequacy; prohibits certain health insurer & HMOs from denying coverage for covered services provided through telehealth; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from excluding covered services provided through telehealth from coverage; provides reimbursement requirements & cost-sharing limitations for health insurers & HMOs relating to telehealth services; prohibits health insurers & HMOs from requiring insureds & subscribers to receive services through telehealth; authorizes health insurers & HMOs to conduct utilization reviews; authorizes health insurers & HMOs to limit telehealth services to certain providers; removes requirements for contracts between certain health insurers or HMOs & telehealth providers; requires certain small employer benefit plans to comply with certain requirements for reimbursement of telehealth services.
Last Action: 3/14/2022 House - Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/3/2022 House • Filed
1/10/2022 House • Referred to Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
• Referred to Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee
• Referred to Health & Human Services Committee
• Now in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
1/11/2022 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
3/12/2022 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 House • Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee
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HB 1087, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/3/2022 at 10:22 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 726 Telehealth Ausley Similar Last Action: 3/14/2022 S Died in Health Policy 
Citations - Statutes (5)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 409.967 Managed care plan accountability. Page 3 (pdf) 627.42396 Reimbursement for telehealth services. Page 6 (pdf) 627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act. Page 8 (pdf) 641.31 Health maintenance contracts. Page 8 (pdf) 641.31093 Page 9 (pdf)