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CS/SB 280: Telehealth

GENERAL BILL by Banking and Insurance ; Bean

Telehealth; Establishing the standard of care for telehealth providers; providing that telehealth providers, under certain circumstances, are not required to research a patient’s history or conduct physical examinations before providing services through telehealth; providing recordkeeping requirements for telehealth providers, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2018
 Last Action: 3/10/2018 House - Died in Messages
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  4. Appropriations (AP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    9/14/2017 Senate • Filed
    9/29/2017 Senate • Referred to Banking and Insurance; Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 25
    1/9/2018 Senate • Introduced -SJ 25
    1/11/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Banking and Insurance, 01/16/18, 4:00 pm, 110 Senate Office Building
    1/16/2018 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance; YEAS 11 NAYS 0 -SJ 205
    1/18/2018 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    1/19/2018 Senate • Now in Health Policy -SJ 205
    1/23/2018 Senate • CS by Banking and Insurance read 1st time -SJ 207
    1/25/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 01/30/18, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    1/30/2018 Senate • Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 226
    • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services -SJ 226
    2/9/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, 02/14/18, 4:00 pm, 401 Senate Office Building
    2/14/2018 Senate • Subcommittee Recommendation: Favorable by Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 354
    2/15/2018 Senate • Now in Appropriations -SJ 354
    2/19/2018 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/22/18, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
    2/22/2018 Senate • Favorable by- Appropriations; YEAS 20 NAYS 0 -SJ 384
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 384
    2/27/2018 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/01/18 -SJ 435
    3/1/2018 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 426
    • Amendment(s) adopted (883158) -SJ 426
    • Ordered engrossed -SJ 427
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    3/2/2018 Senate • Read 3rd time -SJ 559
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 559
    3/2/2018 House • In Messages
    3/10/2018 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Messages

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  • CS/SB 280, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/1/2018 at 2:13 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 793 Telehealth Massullo Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    3/2/2018 5:41 PM Senate 36 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.4501 Page 1 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 280, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 1/18/2018 at 2:42 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 1/29/2018 (pdf)
    Health Policy (Post-Meeting) 1/30/2018 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Pre-Meeting) 2/13/2018 (pdf)
    Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (Post-Meeting) 2/14/2018 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Pre-Meeting) 2/21/2018 (pdf)
    Appropriations (Post-Meeting) 2/22/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 793 Telehealth Massullo Similar Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    883158 - Title Amendment
    In title, delete line 11 and insert:     		Bean 2/28/2018
    11:44 AM     		Senate: Adopted
    3/1/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (3)

    Date Committee Result
    1/30/2018 10:00 AM Health Policy 8 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/14/2018 4:00 PM Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services 6 Yeas - 0 Nays
    2/22/2018 2:00 PM Appropriations 20 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    456.4501 Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 280, Original Filed Version Posted 9/14/2017 at 4:17 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Banking and Insurance (Pre-Meeting) 1/12/2018 (pdf)
    Banking and Insurance (Post-Meeting) 1/18/2018 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 793 Telehealth Massullo Identical Last Action: 3/10/2018 H Died in Health Quality Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (2)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    856092 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Banking and Insurance
    (Bean)     		1/12/2018
    4:04 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/16/2018     		Web Page
    PDF
    hierarchy 773864 - Amendment to Amendment (856092)
    Delete line 69 and insert:     		Banking and Insurance
    (Bean)     		1/16/2018
    8:13 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    1/16/2018     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    1/16/2018 4:00 PM Banking and Insurance 11 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.123 State group insurance program. Page 1 (pdf)
    409.906 Optional Medicaid services. Page 2 (pdf)
    456.4501 Page 3 (pdf)
    627.0915 Rate filings; workers’ compensation, drug-free workplace, and safe employers. Page 6 (pdf)

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