HB 947: Telehealth
GENERAL BILL by Ausley
Telehealth; Establishes standard of care for telehealth providers; authorizes 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; requires DOH to develop & disseminate educational materials to specified licenses; provides recordkeeping requirements; provides patient consent requirements.
Last Action: 5/3/2019 House - Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)
Bill Text: PDF
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/20/2019 House • Filed
2/28/2019 House • Referred to Health Quality Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee -HJ 96
3/5/2019 House • Introduced -HJ 96
5/3/2019 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
• Died in Health Quality Subcommittee, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137)
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HB 947, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/20/2019 at 10:53 AM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 23 (er) Telehealth Yarborough Compare Last Action: 6/26/2019 Chapter No. 2019-137 
S 1526 (c1) Telehealth Harrell Compare Last Action: 4/26/2019 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 23 (Ch. 2019-137) -SJ 523
Citations - Statutes (1)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 456.4501 Page 2 (pdf)