Bill Text: MI SB0898 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance: health insurers; reimbursement rate for telehealth visits; require to be the same as reimbursements for office visits. Amends sec. 3476 of 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.3476).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-03 - Reassigned To Committee On Health Policy And Human Services [SB0898 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0898-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL NO. 898
April 29, 2020, Introduced by Senator HOLLIER
and referred to the Committee on Insurance and Banking.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
by amending section 3476 (MCL 500.3476), as amended by 2017 PA 223.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 3476. (1) An insurer that delivers, issues for
delivery, or renews in this state a health insurance policy shall not require
face-to-face contact between a health care professional and a patient for
services appropriately provided through telemedicine, as determined by the
insurer. Telemedicine services must be provided by a health care professional
who is licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized to engage in his or her
health care profession in the state where the patient is located. Telemedicine
services are subject to all terms and conditions of the health insurance policy
agreed upon on between the policy holder and the
insurer, including, but not limited to, required copayments, coinsurances,
deductibles, and approved amounts. If a service is provided through telemedicine under this
section, the insurer shall provide the same coverage for that service as if the
service involved face-to-face contact between the health care professional and
the patient.
(2) As used in this
section:
(a) After December 31,
2017, "insurer" includes a nonprofit dental care corporation
operating under 1963 PA 125, MCL 550.351 to 550.373.
(b)
"Telemedicine" means the use of an electronic media to link patients
with health care professionals in different locations. To be considered
telemedicine under this section, the health care professional must be able to
examine the patient via a real-time, interactive audio or video, or both,
telecommunications system and the patient must be able to interact with the
off-site health care professional at the time the services are provided.
Enacting section 1. Section 3476 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, as amended by this amendatory act, applies to health insurance policies delivered, executed, issued, amended, adjusted, or renewed in this state, or outside of this state if covering residents of this state, beginning on the effective date of this amendatory act.
