| Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jun 17, 2020 | signed chap.124 |
| Jun 05, 2020 | delivered to governor |
| May 27, 2020 | returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.38 substituted for a10404a |
| May 27, 2020 | substituted by s8416 rules report cal.38 reported |
| May 26, 2020 | reported referred to rules |
| May 24, 2020 | print number 10404a |
| May 24, 2020 | amend and recommit to health |
| May 04, 2020 | referred to health |
assembly Bill A10404A
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ROSENTHAL L
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8416 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed by Governor
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A10404 - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8416
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2999-cc, 2999-ee & 2999-dd, Pub Health L
A10404 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
10404
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 4, 2020
___________
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred 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. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 2999-cc of the public
health law, as added by chapter 6 of the laws of 2015, are 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. 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.
5. "Telemedicine" means the use of synchronous, two-way electronic
audio AND/OR visual communications to deliver clinical health care
services, which shall include the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
of a patient, while such patient is at the originating site and a tele-
health provider is at a distant site.
§ 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-
nity care, care management, services provided in emergency departments,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
Co-Sponsors
Tremaine Wright
Deborah Glick
Marianne Buttenschon
Steven Otis
A10404A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S8416
- Law Section:
- Public Health Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§2999-cc, 2999-ee & 2999-dd, Pub Health L
A10404A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
10404--A
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 4, 2020
___________
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Health -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.