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GA SB540
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/22/2022
Primary Sponsor
Donzella James
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AI Summary
- Requires all dental benefit insurers in Georgia to cover dental care services provided through teledentistry, including synchronous (real-time) interactions and asynchronous store-and-forward transfers
- Mandates payment parity: insurers must reimburse teledentistry services on the same basis and at least at the same rate as equivalent in-person dental consultations or treatments
- Prohibits insurers from excluding coverage solely because a service is delivered via teledentistry, and bars insurers from requiring an in-person visit before a patient may access teledentistry services
- Authorizes licensed dentists to perform comprehensive, periodic, or limited dental examinations via telehealth technologies, and permits dentists to supervise dental hygienists remotely in mobile dental vehicles or homebound patient settings through standing orders, live video, or asynchronous communications
- Holds dentists practicing teledentistry to the same standard of care as in-person care, including requirements for establishing a dentist-patient relationship, obtaining informed consent, verifying patient identity and location, maintaining records, and appropriately issuing prescriptions
Legislative Description
Insurance; coverage of dental care provided by means of teledentistry; provide
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/24/2022
Committee Referrals
Health and Human Services2/24/2022
Full Bill Text
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