Cathleen Galgiani
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, regulates the practice of telemedicine, defined as the practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical data, and education using interactive audio, video, or data communications. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, authorizes "teleophthalmology and teledermatology by store and forward" under the Medi-Cal program, to the extent that federal financial participation is available. Existing law defines "teleophthalmology and teledermatology by store and forward" as an asynchronous transmission of medical information to be reviewed at a later time by a physician at a distant site who is trained in ophthalmology or dermatology, where the physician at the distant site reviews the medical information without the patient being present in real time. This bill would expand the definition of "teleophthalmology and teledermatology by store and forward" to include an asynchronous transmission of medical information to be reviewed at a later time, for teleophthalmology, by a licensed optometrist.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 419, Statutes of 2009.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3174.)
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3152.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2223.)
Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27).
(received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 29).
Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 17).
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B., P. & E.D.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1620.)
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 13).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 28).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (March 17).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB175 | HTML |
| 01/29/09 - Introduced | |
| 04/21/09 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/24/09 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/09 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/09 - Chaptered |
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