Page 4 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

S 2729 and A 4231 - authorizes telemedicine under
scope of practice, creates reciprocal license for out-of-
state providers, requires parity for Medicaid, MCOs,
and state employee health plans; A 3675 and S 2338 -
parity for managed care plans and state employee
health plans (STATUS: NOT RECOMMENDED FOR
ENACTMENT); A 3674 and S 2337 - parity for Medicaid
FFS and managed care; S 1204 and AB 2161 - Medicaid
coverage and reimbursement of telemental health in
New Jersey Proposed Proposed Proposed FQHCs (STATUS: CARRYOVER T0 2015 Session)

SB 6 - Includes telehealth under dental therapist scope
of practice; HB 349 - Amends telemedicine definitions
New Mexico ✔ Proposed under dental scope of practice

SB 4182 - Adds dentist office to list of originating sites
for parity legislation; AB 2527 - Supports 1115 Waiver
application to establish Senior Care Choices Program;
AB 2552 and SB 2405 - Telehealth Chapter
Amendment (STATUS: SIGNED INTO LAW 3/13/15);
SB 1110 - Establishes a hospital-home care-physician
collaboration program; AB 815 - Home telehealth
payment reform; SB 621 - Telemedicine research and
development fund; S07852--formerly A09129 and
S04337b - Requires telemedicine coverage under
private insurance and Medicaid (STATUS: SIGNED
INTO LAW 12/29/14; LAW EFFECTIVE 1/1/16) ; SB
4959 - Removes originating site restriction
New York ✔ ✔ Proposed requirements for administering telehealth
North Carolina Proposed HB 723 - Telemedicine parity

HB 1396 - Student loan repayment for telemedicine
providers; SB 1323 - State-wide stroke taskforce and
telemedicine (STATUS: SIGNED INTO LAW 3/25/15);
HB 1038 - Telemedicine coverage under state
employee health plans (STATUS: SIGNED INTO LAW
North Dakota Proposed 4/9/2015)
Ohio Proposed Proposed SB 32 - Private insurance and Medicaid parity
SB 305 - Adds state employee and other health benefit
plans to parity law; HB 1715 and SB 753 (STATUS:
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 4/21/15) - Allows
supervision of PAs via telemedicine; SB 758 - Cap
Medicaid reimbursement rate for telemedicine; HB
Oklahoma ✔ Proposed 1716 - FSMB Compact