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2015 SESSION
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)