215 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/356z.22. Coverage for telehealth services: Accident and Health Insurance – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2015
Plans may not exclude telehealth services just because they are not in person.
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215 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 124/1 through 124/25: Network Adequacy and Transparency Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2017
Statutes prohibit an insurer from prohibiting a preferred provider from discussing any specific or all treatment options with beneficiaries or from advocating on behalf of beneficiaries within utilization review. If the insurer does not have …
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225 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 60/49.5. Telemedicine: Medical Practice Act of 1987 – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2018
Statute provides a definition of telemedicine and regulates the practice of telemedicine.
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225 Ill. Comp. Stat. §§ 150/1 through 150/15: Telehealth Act – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2018
Statutes govern the practice of telehealth in Illinois.
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27 R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 27-81-1 through 27-81-5: The Telemedicine Coverage Act – Rhode Island
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2016
Each health insurer that issues individual or group accident-and-sickness insurance policies for health-care services and/or provides a health-care plan for health-care services shall provide coverage for the cost of such covered health-care services provided through …
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305 Ill. Comp. Stat. § 5/5-5.25. Access to behavioral health and medical services: Medical Assistance – Illinois
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2007
In order to increase access to mental health providers, telehealth providers may be reimbursed via medicaid.
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62 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 7001 through 7006: Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Council Act – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2015
Governs the Patient-Centered Medical Home Advisory Act and states that the council shall advise the department on how Pennsylvania’s Medicaid program can increase the quality of care while containing costs through Patient-Centered Medical Home model …
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A 04888 – New York
Introduced: 2019 Status: Inactive / Dead
Establishes and authorizes telepharmacy in this state; defines terms; creates telepharmacy satellite consultation sites and telepharmacy in hospitals; authorizes the filling of prescriptions at remote sites connected to central pharmacies via computer link, videolink and …
A 10404 (see companion bill S 08416) – New York
Introduced: 2020 Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2020
Expands telemedicine reimbursement. Includes audio-only and video-only telehealth and telemedicine services in those telehealth and telemedicine services eligible for reimbursement.
A 1410 – New York
Introduced: 2017 Status: Inactive / Dead
Promotes the development, provision and accessibility of telehealth/telemedicine services in New York state; establishes a telehealth/telemedicine development and research grant fund
A 1946 (see companion bill S 2703) – New Jersey
Introduced: 2022 Status: In Process
Expressly allows health care professionals located outside New Jersey to provide services using telemedicine and telehealth to patients in New Jersey.
A 2193 (see companion bill S 606) – New Jersey
Introduced: 2022 Status: In Process
Revises emergency care services referral standards for providers of telemedicine and telehealth.
A 2674 – New York
Introduced: 2021 Status: In Process
Requires insurance coverage parity for primary care services delivered via telehealth, where both the insured individual and the health care provider are located in a clinical setting.
A 3007C – New York
Introduced: 2021 Status: Enacted
Enacts into law major components of legislation necessary to implement the state health and mental hygiene budget for the 2021-2022 state fiscal year; extends the medicaid global cap; requires a quarterly report on certain medicaid …
A 3595 (see companion bill S 2500) – New Jersey
Introduced: 2022 Status: In Process
This bill requires carriers to take certain action to ensure that health benefits plans meet certain network adequacy requirements and mental health care. A plan that provides access to in-network or out-of-network mental health providers …
A 3843 (see companion bill S 2283) – New Jersey
Introduced: 2020 Status: Enacted
Requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 and for telemedicine and telehealth during coronavirus disease 2019 state of emergency.