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2015 SESSION

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HB 2063 Telemedicine services; provision of health care services.

Introduced by: Terry G. Kilgore | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Telemedicine services; prescriptions. Amends the definition of telemedicine services to encompass the use of electronic technology or media, including interactive audio or video, for the purpose of diagnosing or treating a patient or consulting with other health care providers regarding a patient's diagnosis or treatment. The measure also provides that for the purpose of prescribing a Schedule VI controlled substance to a patient via telemedicine services, a prescriber may establish a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship by an examination through face-to-face interactive, two-way, real-time communications services or store-and-forward technologies when certain conditions are met. This bill is identical to SB 1227.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103365D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15104329D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/19/15  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2063ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/16/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0115)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/15  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103365D
• 01/14/15  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 01/20/15  House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
• 01/27/15  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/15  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/15  House: Committee substitute printed 15104329D-H1
• 01/30/15  House: Read first time
• 02/02/15  House: Read second time
• 02/02/15  House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104329D-H1
• 02/02/15  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2063H1
• 02/03/15  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/15  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/04/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
• 02/12/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/15  Senate: Read third time
• 02/16/15  Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/15  House: Enrolled
• 02/19/15  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2063ER)
• 02/19/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/20/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/23/15  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
• 02/23/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
• 03/16/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 115 (effective 7/1/15)
• 03/16/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0115)