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2022 SESSION

22102426D
SENATE BILL NO. 170
Offered January 12, 2022
Prefiled January 10, 2022
A BILL to direct the Department of Health to amend the Statewide Telehealth Plan regarding emergency services coordination.
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Patron-- Peake
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Referred to Committee on Education and Health
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Department of Health shall amend the Statewide Telehealth Plan to require health care providers providing telehealth services to directly contact and coordinate with emergency services in accordance with the standard of care that is appropriate to the patient's situation and to the services rendered during the telehealth visit.