Terry Kilgore
- Republican
- Delegate
- District 45
Primary
Requires insurers, corporations, or health maintenance organizations to cover medically necessary remote patient monitoring services as part of their coverage of telemedicine services to the full extent that these services are available. The bill defines remote patient monitoring services as the delivery of home health services using telecommunications technology to enhance the delivery of home health care, including monitoring of clinical patient data such as weight, blood pressure, pulse, pulse oximetry, blood glucose, and other condition-specific data; medication adherence monitoring; and interactive video conferencing with or without digital image upload. The bill requires the Board of Medical Assistance Services to include in the state plan for medical assistance services a provision for the payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services. This bill is identical to
Approved by Governor-Chapter 211 (effective 7/1/19)
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2019
Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
Signed by President
Enrolled
Signed by Speaker
Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Committee amendment agreed to
Engrossed by Senate as amended
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1970H1
Committee substitute agreed to 19105496D-H1
Read first time
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102304D
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| Senate amendments engrossed | HTML |
| House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted | HTML |
| House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102304D | HTML |
| House: Committee substitute printed 19105496D-H1 | HTML |
| House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1970ER) | HTML |
| Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0211) | HTML |
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