SB 726: Telehealth
GENERAL BILL by Ausley
Telehealth; Prohibiting Medicaid managed care plans from using providers who exclusively provide services through telehealth to achieve network adequacy; prohibiting certain health insurance policies from denying coverage for covered services provided through telehealth under certain circumstances; requiring certain small employer benefit plans to comply with certain requirements for reimbursement of telehealth services; deleting requirements for contracts between certain health insurers and telehealth providers; prohibiting certain health maintenance organizations from denying coverage for covered services provided through telehealth under certain circumstances, etc.
Last Action: 3/14/2022 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
- Health Policy (HP)
- Banking and Insurance (BI)
- Appropriations (AP)
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 11/2/2021 Senate • Filed
11/16/2021 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Appropriations -SJ 45
1/11/2022 Senate • Introduced -SJ 45
3/12/2022 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
3/14/2022 Senate • Died in Health Policy
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SB 726, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 11/2/2021 at 7:40 AM
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 1087 Insurance Coverage for Telehealth Services Rodriguez Similar Last Action: 3/14/2022 H Died in Finance & Facilities Subcommittee 
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 5 (pdf) 627.6699 Employee Health Care Access Act. Page 7 (pdf) 641.31 Health maintenance contracts. Page 7 (pdf) 641.31093 Page 8 (pdf)