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2015 SESSION

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SB 1227 Telemedicine services; provision of health care services.

Introduced by: Jeffrey L. McWaters | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (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 HB 2063.

FULL TEXT

• 01/14/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103367D  pdf | impact statement
• 01/29/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104382D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/16/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1227ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 02/26/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/14/15  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103367D
• 01/14/15  Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
• 01/19/15  Senate: Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/15  Senate: Rereferred to Education and Health
• 01/29/15  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/29/15  Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104382D-S1
• 01/30/15  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/02/15  Senate: Read second time
• 02/02/15  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/02/15  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104382D-S1
• 02/02/15  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1227S1
• 02/03/15  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/15  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/06/15  House: Read first time
• 02/06/15  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
• 02/10/15  House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/11/15  House: Read second time
• 02/12/15  House: Read third time
• 02/12/15  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/12/15  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/16/15  Senate: Enrolled
• 02/16/15  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1227ER)
• 02/16/15  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/19/15  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/20/15  Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/20/15
• 02/20/15  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Friday, February 27, 2015
• 02/26/15  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 32 (effective 7/1/15)
• 02/26/15  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0032)