Bill Text - SB237 (2017)

Relative to telemedicine services.


Revision: May 10, 2017, 9:44 a.m.

CHAPTER 43

SB 237-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0823

01/05

 

SENATE BILL 237-FN

 

AN ACT relative to telemedicine services.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Danielson, Hills. 7; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. Freitas, Hills. 14

 

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows medical providers who practice in metropolitan areas to be reimbursed by Medicaid for telehealth services.  

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0823

01/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to telemedicine services.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

43:1  Medicaid Coverage for Telehealth Services.  Amend RSA 167:4-d, I to read as follows:

I.  In this section, "telehealth services'' shall comply with 42 C.F.R. section 410.78, except for 42 C.F.R. section 410.78(b)(4).  The use of the term "telemedicine'' shall comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements governing the aforementioned telehealth services.

43:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: May 09, 2017

Effective Date: July 08, 2017