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2022 SESSION
HB 537 Telemedicine; out-of-state providers, behavioral health services provided by practitioner.
Introduced by: Amanda E. Batten | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Telemedicine; out of state providers; behavioral health services. Allows certain practitioners of professions regulated by the Boards of Medicine, Counseling, Psychology, and Social Work who provide behavioral health services and who are licensed in another state, the District of Columbia, or a United States territory or possession and in good standing with the applicable regulatory agency to engage in the practice of that profession in the Commonwealth with a patient located in the Commonwealth when (i) such practice is for the purpose of providing continuity of care through the use of telemedicine services and (ii) the practitioner has previously established a practitioner-patient relationship with the patient. The bill provides that a practitioner who provides behavioral health services to a patient located in the Commonwealth through use of telemedicine services may provide such services for a period of no more than one year from the date on which the practitioner began providing such services to such patient.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103670D pdf | impact statement
- 02/08/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22103670D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB537ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103670D
- 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/21/22 House: Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/22 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/22 House: Read first time
- 02/08/22 House: Read second time
- 02/08/22 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/08/22 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB537E
- 02/08/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22103670D-E
- 02/09/22 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/22 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/10/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/23/22 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 03/03/22 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/07/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/10/22 Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/22 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 03/10/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/21/22 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/22 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB537ER)
- 03/21/22 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/22/22 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/22/22 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 03/22/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 04/08/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 275 (effective 7/1/22)
- 04/08/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0275)