Page 2 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

SB 452 - Private insurance parity HB 76 - Partial
coverage for telemental/behavioral health; SB 1229 -
FSMB Compact; HJR 55 - Creates the Telehealth
Services Committee to study the cost savings through
Illinois Proposed Proposed expansion of telehealth services

SB 358 - Medicaid reimbursement to pharmacists for
medication therapy management via telehealth; HB
1451 - Coverage for telemedicine; HB 1269 - Coverage
Indiana ✔ ✔ Proposed for telemedicine (STATUS: SIGNED INTO LAW 5/5/15)

SB 20 - FSMB Compact; SB 1021, SF 453 -
Telepharmacy; HF 600 -- formerly HF 218 and 404 -
Parity for private insurance, Medicaid and state
employee plans; HF 317 - Parity for mental health
services via telemedicine under private insurance,
Medicaid and state employee plans; SSB 1253 -
Telehealth parity under Medicaid managed care; HF
Iowa Proposed Proposed Proposed 404 - telehealth reimbursement

HB 2270 - Amends Medicaid policies for telehealth; HB
- 2321 Expands the definition of charitable health care
Kansas Proposed Proposed providers to include certain use of telemedicine
HB 121 - Allows telehealth use for mental health
Kentucky ✔ ✔ Proposed exams during 72hr hold
HCR 4 - Physician practice standards for telemedicine;
Louisiana ✔ Proposed HB 461 - Telemedicine license

LD 662 - Out-of-state telemedicine license registration;
LD 714 - directs HHS to study the feasibility and costs
for providing medical care via telemedicine for
residents of inhabited islands in the state; LD 1214 -
Permits telemedicine medical exam for involuntary
hospitalization; LD 949 - Medicaid coverage of
telehealth in home; LD 1352 - Standards, definitions,
Maine ✔ Proposed and coverage under MaineCare
HB 1026 and SB 318 - Allow reimbursement to
psychiatric nurse practitioners for telemental health
Maryland ✔ ✔ Proposed under Medicaid; SB 252 - FSMB Compact

SB 617, SB 529, and SB 1163 -Telemedicine parity; HB
267 telemedicine licensure, practice standards, and
parity; HB 1810 - behavioral health telemedicine
coverage; HB 1944 - telehealth parity for private
Massachusetts Proposed Proposed Proposed insurance and medicaid