Bill Text - SB382 (2022)

(New Title) relative to licensure requirements for telehealth services and relative to licensure of physicians and physicians assistants through reciprocity agreements.


Revision: Dec. 21, 2021, 1:28 p.m.

SB 382  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-3075

11/05

 

SENATE BILL 382

 

AN ACT relative to licensure requirements for telehealth services.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies licensure requirements for healthcare professionals providing services by means of telemedicine or telehealth.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-3075

11/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to licensure requirements for telehealth services.

 

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

 

1  Telemedicine and Telehealth Services.  Amend RSA 310-A:1-g, IV to read as follows:

IV. [Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary] Unless otherwise prescribed by statute, an out-of-state healthcare professional providing services by means of telemedicine or telehealth shall be required to be licensed, certified, or registered by the appropriate New Hampshire licensing [board within the office of professional licensure and certification] body if the patient is physically located in New Hampshire at the time of service. This paragraph shall not apply to out-of-state physicians who provide consultation services pursuant to RSA 329:21, II.

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