Bill Text: CT SB00291 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Telehealth Providers' Access To Patient Records.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-26 - Public Hearing 03/02 [SB00291 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00291-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 291
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 1757
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)

AN ACT CONCERNING TELEHEALTH PROVIDERS' ACCESS TO PATIENT RECORDS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 19a-906 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2016):

(b) (1) A telehealth provider shall only provide telehealth services to a patient when the telehealth provider: (A) Is communicating through real-time, interactive, two-way communication technology or store and forward technologies; (B) has access to, or knowledge of, the patient's medical history, as provided by the patient, [and] or the patient's health record, including the name and address of the patient's primary care provider, if any; (C) conforms to the standard of care applicable to the telehealth provider's profession and expected for in-person care as appropriate to the patient's age and presenting condition, except when the standard of care requires the use of diagnostic testing and performance of a physical examination, such testing or examination may be carried out through the use of peripheral devices appropriate to the patient's condition; and (D) provides the patient with the telehealth's provider license number and contact information.

(2) At the time of the telehealth provider's first telehealth interaction with a patient, the telehealth provider shall inform the patient concerning the treatment methods and limitations of treatment using a telehealth platform and, after providing the patient with such information, obtain the patient's consent to provide telehealth services. The telehealth provider shall document such notice and consent in the patient's health record.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2016	19a-906(b)

Statement of Purpose:

To allow a telehealth provider to provide telehealth services when the provider has access to, or knowledge of, the patient's medical history or the patient's health record.

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