Bill Text: NY S08688 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires services provided by telehealth be reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-08 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08688 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08688-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8688

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring services
          provided by telehealth reimbursed at the same  rate  as  an  in-office
          visit

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 2999-dd of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
     2  adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3.  Notwithstanding  any provision of law to the contrary and pursuant
     4  to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, telehealth services,  as
     5  defined  by  section  twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-cc of this article
     6  and all regulations promulgated  thereunder,  including  any  additional
     7  provider  categories  and originating sites specified in accordance with
     8  section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-ee of  this  article,  shall  be
     9  reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16843-01-0
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