Senate Bill S2990A

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring services provided by telehealth reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit

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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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2021-S2990 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4839
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-dd, Pub Health L; amd §§3217-h & 4306-g, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8688, A10715
2023-2024: S3526, A4584

2021-S2990 - Summary

Requires services provided by telehealth be reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit.

2021-S2990 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2990 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2990
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 requiring services
   provided by telehealth reimbursed at the same  rate  as  an  in-office
   visit

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2999-dd of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND PURSUANT
 TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TELEHEALTH SERVICES,  AS
 DEFINED  BY  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF THIS ARTICLE
 AND ALL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THEREUNDER,  INCLUDING  ANY  ADDITIONAL
 PROVIDER  CATEGORIES  AND ORIGINATING SITES SPECIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-EE OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  SHALL  BE
 REIMBURSED AT THE SAME RATE AS AN IN-OFFICE VISIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02942-01-1



              

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2021-S2990A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4839
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-dd, Pub Health L; amd §§3217-h & 4306-g, Ins L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8688, A10715
2023-2024: S3526, A4584

2021-S2990A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires services provided by telehealth be reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit.

2021-S2990A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2990A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2990--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. HARCKHAM, MAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when  printed  to be committed 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 and the insurance law, in relation
   to requiring services provided by telehealth reimbursed  at  the  same
   rate as an in-office visit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2999-dd of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND PURSUANT
 TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TELEHEALTH SERVICES,  AS
 DEFINED  BY  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF THIS ARTICLE
 AND ALL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THEREUNDER,  INCLUDING  ANY  ADDITIONAL
 PROVIDER  CATEGORIES  AND ORIGINATING SITES SPECIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-EE OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  SHALL  BE
 REIMBURSED AT THE SAME RATE AS AN IN-OFFICE VISIT.
   §  2.  Subsection (a) of section 3217-h of the insurance law, as added
 by chapter 6 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) (1) An insurer shall not exclude from coverage a service  that  is
 otherwise  covered  under  a policy that provides comprehensive coverage
 for hospital, medical or surgical care because the service is  delivered
 via  telehealth,  as  that  term  is  defined  in subsection (b) of this
 section; provided, however, that an insurer may exclude from coverage  a
 service  by  a  health care provider where the provider is not otherwise
 covered under the policy. An insurer  may  subject  the  coverage  of  a
 service  delivered via telehealth to co-payments, coinsurance or deduct-
 ibles provided that they are at least as favorable  to  the  insured  as
 those  established  for  the  same  service when not delivered via tele-
 health. An insurer may subject the coverage of a service  delivered  via
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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