Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 29, 2014 |
approval memo.35 signed chap.550 |
Dec 17, 2014 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2014 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.554 substituted for a9129a |
Jun 16, 2014 |
referred to health delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.1423 |
Jun 13, 2014 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7852
Signed By Governor2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2013-S7852 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9129
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §2, Pub Health L; amd §§3216, 3221, 3229 & 4303, Ins L; amd §367-u, Soc Serv L
2013-S7852 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7852 REVISED 6/16/14 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public health law, the insurance law and the social services law, in relation to the provision of telehealth services PURPOSE: Requires insurers and medical assistance for needy persons to provide coverage for the provision of telehealth and telemedicine services. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one would amend subdivision 1 of section 2 of the public health law to provide definitions for "distant site," "health care provider," "originating site," "telehealth" and "telemedicine." Section two, three, four, and five would amend various provisions of the insurance law to require individual accident and health insurance, group or blanket accident and health insurance, and medical expense indemnity corporations or hospital service corporations that provide hospital, medical or surgical care to also provide coverage for telehealth and telemedicine services, provided that the telemedicine services meet federal Medicare program requirements, and telehealth services are covered to the same extent as the home telehealth program provides under paragraph 3-c of subdivision 3614 of the public health law. Such coverage is subject to contractual limits including annual
2013-S7852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7852 I N S E N A T E June 13, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, the insurance law and the social services law, in relation to the provision of telehealth services THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2 of the public health law is amended by adding five new paragraphs (o), (p), (q), (r) and (s) to read as follows: (O) DISTANT SITE. THE TERM "DISTANT SITE" MEANS A SITE AT WHICH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS LOCATED WHILE PROVIDING HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEANS OF TELEMEDICINE OR TELEHEALTH; UNLESS THE TERM IS OTHERWISE DEFINED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION IN WHICH IT IS USED. (P) HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. THE TERM "HEALTH CARE PROVIDER" MEANS A PERSON LICENSED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE-B, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, ONE HUNDRED FORTY, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OR ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE OF THE EDUCATION LAW, ACTING WITHIN HIS OR HER SCOPE OF PRACTICE, INCLUDING ANY LAWFUL PRACTICE ENTITY OF SUCH HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS; A HOSPITAL AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THIS CHAPTER; HOME CARE SERVICES AGENCY AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE THIRTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER; OR A HOSPICE AS DEFINED IN ARTICLE FORTY OF THIS CHAP- TER; UNLESS THE TERM IS OTHERWISE DEFINED BY LAW WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION IN WHICH IT IS USED. (Q) ORIGINATING SITE. THE TERM "ORIGINATING SITE" MEANS A SITE AT WHICH A PATIENT IS LOCATED AT THE TIME HEALTH CARE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED TO HIM OR HER BY MEANS OF TELEMEDICINE OR TELEHEALTH, UNLESS THE TERM IS OTHERWISE DEFINED WITH RESPECT TO THE PROVISION IN WHICH IT IS USED. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, INSURERS AND PROVIDERS MAY AGREE TO ALTERNATIVE SITING ARRANGEMENTS DEEMED APPRO- PRIATED BY THE PARTIES. (R) TELEHEALTH. THE TERM "TELEHEALTH" MEANS DELIVERING HEALTH CARE SERVICES BY MEANS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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