FL H1353

Creates Telehealth Task Force within the Agency for Health Care Administration with 19 members including health insurers, hospitals, health care practitioners, and telehealth product vendors.

Requires task force to compile and analyze data on telehealth technology usage, costs and cost savings, types of services available, and insurance coverage comparisons between telehealth and in-person services.

Task force must conduct comparative analysis of health insurance coverage including covered services, payment rates, dollar maximums, copayments, deductibles, and unique conditions for telehealth versus in-person treatment.

Task force must convene by September 1, 2016, and submit findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature by June 30, 2017; section repeals December 1, 2017.

Authorizes health care practitioners and certified persons to provide telehealth services using synchronous or asynchronous telecommunications technology for assessment, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, remote monitoring, and health care administration functions, effective July 1, 2016.