Page 1 - State Telehealth Legislative Updates 2015

2015 State Telemedicine Legislation Tracking (as of 5/27/2015) *

Other Legislation
Legislated Medicaid Affecting
Legislated Parity for Coverage (primarily Telemedicine Access
State Private Coverage interactive video) or Coverage Notes
Alabama
Alaska
HB 2454 - Repeals telemedicine abortion prohibition;
HB 2489 (STATUS: SIGNED BY GOVERNOR)- Adds
some prescription drug restrictions via telemedicine;
SB 1212 - defines telepractice for behavioral health
Arizona ✔ Proposed examiners

SB 133 - Telehealth parity under Medicaid, private
insurance and state employee health plans and
amends provider practice standards (STATUS: SIGNED
INTO LAW: 4/2/15); HB 1076 and SB 53 - Physician
restrictions on telemedicine and abortion services; HB
1747 and SB 845 - Amends physician practice
Arkansas ✔ ✔ Proposed standards; SB 846 - Telemedicine "shell" bill
AB 250 - Expands the definition of telehealth health
care provider to also include a marriage and a family
therapist intern and trainee ; SB 289 - Requires
insurers to cover telephonic and electronic patient
management services; AB 1485 - Medi-Cal:
California ✔ ✔ Proposed teleradiology
HB 1029 - Removes geography barriers from parity law
Colorado ✔ ✔ ✔ (STATUS: SIGNED INTO LAW 3/20/15)
SB 467, HB 6487 and SB 246 - Establishing physician
practice standards for telemedicine and requiring
coverage under private insurance; SB 5 - Telemedicine
parity for private insurance; HB 6149 - Home
telemonitoring; SB 1089 - School-based telebehavioral
Connecticut Proposed Proposed health

HB 69 - Private insurance parity, amends practice
standards for physicians and scope of practice for PAs,
respiratory care practitioners, genetic counselors,
podiatry, chiropractors, dentistry, NPs, RNs, Ots,
optometry, pharmacy, mental health counselors,
marriage and family therapists, psychologists, dietetic
Delaware Proposed Proposed and nutrition therapy, and LCSWs
DC ✔ ✔

SB 478 - Medicaid coverage of telemedicine for EMTs
Florida Proposed and paramedics; HB 545 - Practice standards
Georgia ✔ HB 505 - Physical therapy inclusion of telehealth
Hawaii ✔
HB 98 and HB 189 - Provider practice standards
Idaho ✔ (STATUS: SIGNED INTO LAW 3/25/15)