Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Insurance and Real Estate Committee on January 26, 2021. The 2021 session has ended.
2021 Regular Session
House Bill 5546
AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To: (1) Expand (A) required health insurance coverage for telehealth services, and (B) the variety of telehealth providers and platforms that are eligible for reimbursement; (2) provide that no (A) telehealth provider who provides a covered benefit to an insured through telehealth and receives a reimbursement for such benefit shall seek any payment from the insured for such benefit except for any coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense due and owing for such benefit under the insured's health insurance policy, and (B) health carrier shall reduce the amount of any reimbursement paid to a telehealth provider for a covered benefit solely because the telehealth provider provided such covered benefit to an insured through telehealth.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 26 to January 26, 2021, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 26 to Jan 26 · stopped0 days
Insurance and Real Estate CommitteeJan 26 to Jan 26 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 26
- Jan 26Introduced and sent to Insurance and Real Estate Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses