FL H0793 | 2018 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 10 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-10 - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Encourages state group health insurance program to offer health insurance plans that include telehealth coverage; authorizes AHCA to pay for certain telehealth services as optional Medicaid services; defines terms; establishes standard of care for telehealth providers; authorizing use of telehealth to perform patient evaluations; provides that telehealth providers, under certain circumstances, are not required to research patient's history or conduct physical exam before providing services; provides situations when use of telehealth is not deemed to be practicing medicine without a license; authorizes certain providers to use telehealth to prescribe specified controlled substances; provides construction; requires DOH to develop & disseminate educational materials to specified licenses; provides recordkeeping requirements; provides patient consent requirements; encourages certain insurers to include services provided through telehealth under certain conditions.
Title
Telehealth
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2018-03-10 | House | Died in Health Quality Subcommittee |
2018-03-10 | House | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
2018-01-09 | House | Introduced |
2017-12-08 | House | Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee |
2017-11-22 | House | Filed |
Same As/Similar To
S280 (Same As) 2018-03-10 - Died in Messages
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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110 | 123 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
409 | 906 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
456 | 4501 | Amended Code | See Bill Text | |
627 | 0915 | Amended Code | See Bill Text |
Florida State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/793 |
Text | http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/793/BillText/Filed/PDF |