Florida House Bill 499 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires health insurers, corporations, & HMOs issuing certain health policies to provide coverage for telemedicine services; prohibits exclusion of telemedicine cost coverage solely because services were not provided face to face; specifies conditions under which insurer, corporation, or HMO must reimburse telemedicine provider for fees & costs; authorizes provisions requiring deductible, copayment, or coinsurance requirement for telemedicine services; prohibits imposition of dollar & durational coverage limitations or copayments, coinsurance, or deductibles on telemedicine services unless imposed equally on all terms & services; requires utilization review; provides coverage under state plan or waiver for health home services provided to eligible individuals with chronic conditions; requires DOH to conduct interagency study relating to telemedicine services & coverage; requires report; authorizes DOH to adopt rules in consultation with certain boards to implement act; authorizes rules to allow consultation with certain out-of-state health care practitioners & professionals.

Health Care Coverage

Rep. Cary Pigman [R]

Rep. Mia Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-01-30	House	Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Insurance and Banking Subcommittee; Appropriations Committee; Health and Human Services Committee
2013-01-22	House	Filed

S0898 (Same As) 2013-05-03 - Died in Banking and Insurance

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/499
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/0499/BillText/Filed/PDF