Delaware House Bill 69 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-3)
Status: Passed on July 7 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-07 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

The advancements and continued development of medical and communications technology have had a profound impact on the practice of medicine and offer opportunities for improving the delivery and accessibility of health care in and across the many professions responsible for the wellbeing of Delawareans. Geography, weather, availability of specialists, transportation, and other factors can create barriers to accessing appropriate health care, including behavioral health care, and one way to provide, ensure, or enhance access to care given these barriers is through the appropriate use of technology to allow health care consumers access to qualified health care providers. Delaware is well-positioned to embrace efforts that will encourage health insurers and health care providers to support the use of telemedicine and that will also encourage all state agencies to evaluate and amend their policies and rules to foster and promote telemedicine services.

An Act To Amend Title 18 And 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Telemedicine Services.

Rep. Bryon Short [D]	Sen. Bethany Hall-Long [D]	Rep. Michael Barbieri [D]	Rep. Andria Bennett [D]
Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Ruth Briggs King [R]	Rep. Sean Lynn [D]	Sen. Bruce Ennis [D]
Sen. Margaret Henry [D]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

2015-05-14 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2015-05-07 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-07	Senate	Signed by Governor
2015-05-14	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 4 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-05-07	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-05-07	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-05-07	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced in Senate
2015-05-06	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits
2015-04-23	Senate	Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate
2015-04-23	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 40 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2015-04-23	House	Amendment HA 1 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2015-04-23	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced in House
2015-04-01	House	Reported Out of Committee (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/BANKING/INSURANCE/COMMERCE) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
2015-03-26	House	Introduced and Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance/Commerce Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/64f03d09b27d08ae85257e030051ea4b?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+69/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+69/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/e7f05e83b6f2579d85257e3e0075ef0f?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis148.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/d052be116c255c1d85257e4500766262?OpenDocument