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IN HB1451
Bill
Status
1/14/2015
Primary Sponsor
Steven Davisson
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AI Summary
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Adds telemedicine services to the definition of "health care" under Indiana's health care consent law (IC 16-36-1-1), effective July 1, 2015.
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Requires accident and sickness insurance policies to cover telemedicine services to the same extent and in the same amount as in-person delivery of the same health care services.
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Defines telemedicine services as health care delivered via interactive audio, video, or other electronic media, including medical exams, consultations, and behavioral health services; excludes telephone-only consultations and transtelephonic monitoring.
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Prohibits imposing deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, or dollar limits on telemedicine coverage that are less favorable than those applied to in-person services, with annual or lifetime limits applied uniformly across all covered services.
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Allows providers to determine when telemedicine is inappropriate and permits utilization review of telemedicine coverage using the same standards as in-person services.
Legislative Description
Coverage of telemedicine services. Includes, within the health care consent law, telemedicine services. Provides for coverage of telemedicine services under a policy of accident and sickness insurance and a health maintenance organization contract.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/14/2015