Senate Bill S8688

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to requiring services provided by telehealth reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S8688 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10715
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2999-dd, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S2990, A4839
2023-2024: S3526, A4584

2019-S8688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires services provided by telehealth be reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit.

2019-S8688 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8688
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring services
   provided by telehealth reimbursed at the same  rate  as  an  in-office
   visit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 2999-dd of the public  health  law  is  amended  by
 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY AND PURSUANT
 TO REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER, TELEHEALTH SERVICES,  AS
 DEFINED  BY  SECTION  TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-CC OF THIS ARTICLE
 AND ALL REGULATIONS PROMULGATED  THEREUNDER,  INCLUDING  ANY  ADDITIONAL
 PROVIDER  CATEGORIES  AND ORIGINATING SITES SPECIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED NINETY-NINE-EE OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  SHALL  BE
 REIMBURSED AT THE SAME RATE AS AN IN-OFFICE VISIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16843-01-0

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