Senate Bill S8416

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Includes audio-only and video-only telehealth and telemedicine services in those telehealth and telemedicine services eligible for reimbursement

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8416 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10404
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2999-cc, 2999-ee & 2999-dd, Pub Health L

2019-S8416 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes audio-only and video-only telehealth and telemedicine services in those telehealth and telemedicine services eligible for reimbursement.

2019-S8416 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8416 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8416
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. METZGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  including  audio-
   only  and  video-only  telehealth  and  telemedicine services in those
   telehealth and telemedicine services eligible for reimbursement

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 2999-cc of the public health law,
 as added by chapter 6 of the  laws  of  2015,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  "Telehealth"  means the use of electronic information and communi-
 cation technologies by  telehealth  providers  to  deliver  health  care
 services,  which  shall include the assessment, diagnosis, consultation,
 treatment,  education,  care  management  and/or  self-management  of  a
 patient.  Telehealth  shall not include delivery of health care services
 by means of [audio-only telephone communication,] facsimile machines, or
 electronic messaging alone, though use  of  these  technologies  is  not
 precluded  if  used  in conjunction with telemedicine, store and forward
 technology, or remote patient monitoring. For purposes of this  section,
 telehealth shall be limited to telemedicine, store and forward technolo-
 gy,  [and]  remote  patient monitoring AND AUDIO-ONLY TELEPHONE COMMUNI-
 CATION, EXCEPT THAT WITH  RESPECT  TO  THE  MEDICAL  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM
 ESTABLISHED UNDER SECTION THREE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES
 LAW,  AND  THE  CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN UNDER TITLE ONE-A OF ARTICLE
 TWENTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, TELEHEALTH SHALL INCLUDE  AUDIO-ONLY  TELE-
 PHONE  COMMUNICATION ONLY TO THE EXTENT DEFINED IN REGULATIONS AS MAY BE
 PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER. This subdivision shall not preclude the
 delivery of health care services by means of "home telehealth"  as  used
 in section thirty-six hundred fourteen of this chapter.
   §  2.  Section 2999-ee of the public health law, as added by section 3
 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws of 2020,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  2999-ee.  Increased application of telehealth. In order to increase
 the application of telehealth in behavioral health, oral health,  mater-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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