Virginia Senate Bill 5087 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on August 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-08-19 - Incorporated by Education and Health
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Telemedicine services; originating site. Directs the Telemedicine services; originating site. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to provide for payment of medical assistance for medically necessary health care services provided through telemedicine services, regardless of the originating site or whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. "Originating site" is defined in the bill as any location where the patient is located, including any medical care facility or office of a health care provider, the home of the patient, the patient's place of employment, or any public or private primary or secondary school or postsecondary institution of higher education at which the person to whom services are provided is located. The bill also requires each (i) insurer proposing to issue individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services to provide coverage for telemedicine services regardless of the originating site and whether the patient is accompanied by a health care provider at the time such services are provided. The bill also provides that no health care provider who provides health care services via telemedicine services shall be required to use proprietary technology or applications to be reimbursed for providing telemedicine services, and require the Department of Medical Assistance Services to continue to reimburse health care providers for Medicaid-covered services delivered via audio-only equipment and by telemedicine services until

Telemedicine services; originating site.

Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant [R]

2020-08-19 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Education and Health (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-08-19	Senate	Incorporated by Education and Health
2020-08-17	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-08-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200694D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	3418.16	(n/a)	See Bill Text
38	2	4319	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+sum+SB5087
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+ful+SB5087+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?202+vot+S04V0013+SB5087