Bill Text: IA HF2192 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to reimbursement rates for health care services provided to covered persons by telehealth and including applicability provisions. (Formerly HF 2001.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-06-09 - Amendment S-5112 filed. S.J. 717. [HF2192 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF2192-Amended.html
House
File
2192
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2192
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2001)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
9,
2020
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
reimbursement
rates
for
health
care
services
1
provided
to
covered
persons
by
telehealth
and
including
2
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
Section
514C.34,
subsection
1,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0a.
“Covered
person”
means
the
same
as
3
defined
in
section
514J.102.
4
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
00a.
“Facility”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
5
section
514J.102.
6
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0c.
“Health
carrier”
means
the
same
as
7
defined
in
section
514J.102.
8
Sec.
2.
Section
514C.34,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
9
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
c.
“Telehealth”
means
the
delivery
of
health
care
services
11
through
the
use
of
real-time
interactive
audio
and
video
,
or
12
other
real-time
interactive
electronic
media,
regardless
of
13
where
the
health
care
professional
and
the
covered
person
are
14
each
located
.
“Telehealth”
does
not
include
the
delivery
of
15
health
care
services
delivered
solely
through
an
audio-only
16
telephone,
electronic
mail
message,
or
facsimile
transmission.
17
Sec.
3.
Section
514C.34,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
18
following
new
subsection:
19
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
a.
A
health
carrier
shall
reimburse
20
a
health
care
professional
and
a
facility
for
health
care
21
services
provided
by
telehealth
to
a
covered
person
located
22
at
a
facility
on
the
same
basis
and
at
the
same
rate
as
the
23
health
carrier
would
apply
to
the
same
health
care
services
24
provided
to
a
covered
person
by
the
health
care
professional
25
and
a
facility
in
person.
26
b.
As
a
condition
of
reimbursement
pursuant
to
paragraph
27
“a”
,
a
health
carrier
shall
not
require
that
an
additional
28
health
care
professional
be
located
in
the
same
room
as
a
29
covered
person
while
health
care
services
for
a
mental
health
30
condition,
illness,
injury,
or
disease
are
delivered
via
31
telehealth
by
another
health
care
professional
to
the
covered
32
person.
33
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
health
care
34
services
provided
by
a
health
care
professional
or
a
facility
35
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to
a
covered
person
by
telehealth
on
or
after
January
1,
2021.
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