HB 5473 – Illinois

Status: Inactive / Dead
Year Introduced: 2018
Link: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5473&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100

Amends the Illinois Insurance Code. In provisions concerning if an individual or group policy of accident or health insurance coverage for telehealth services, provides that all health care provider access information of provider directories shall include: whether the provider offers the use of telehealth or telemedicine to deliver services; what modalities the provider uses and what services through telehealth or telemedicine are provided; and whether the provider has the ability and willingness to include in a telehealth or telemedicine encounter a family caregiver who is in a separate location than the patient, if the patient wishes and provides consent. Amends the Telehealth Act. Provides that an insurance company or health plan that provides health care professional or provider directories shall include: whether the provider offers the use of telehealth to deliver services; what modalities the provider uses and what services through telehealth or telemedicine are provided; and whether the provider has the ability and willingness to include in a telehealth encounter a family caregiver who is in a separate location than the patient, if the patient wishes and provides consent. Effective immediately.


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