Bill Text: MI HB5408 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Insurance; health care corporations; denial of coverage for telemedicine services; prohibit. Amends 1980 PA 350 (MCL 550.1101 - 550.1704) by adding sec. 401k.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 17-3)
Status: (Passed) 2012-07-18 - Assigned Pa 214'12 With Immediate Effect [HB5408 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5408-Engrossed.html
HB-5408, As Passed House, March 27, 2012
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 5408
A bill to amend 1980 PA 350, entitled
"The nonprofit health care corporation reform act,"
(MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704) by adding section 401k.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 401k. (1) A group or nongroup health care corporation
certificate shall not require face-to-face contact between a health
care professional and a patient for services appropriately provided
through telemedicine, as determined by the health care corporation.
Telemedicine services shall be provided by a health care
professional who is licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized
to engage in his or her health care profession in the state where
the patient is located. Telemedicine services are subject to all
terms and conditions of the certificate agreed upon between the
certificate holder and the health care corporation, including, but
not limited to, required copayments, coinsurances, deductibles, and
approved amounts.
(2) As used in this section, "telemedicine" means the use of
an electronic media to link patients with health care professionals
in different locations. To be considered telemedicine under this
section, the health care professional must be able to examine the
patient via a real-time, interactive audio or video, or both,
telecommunications system and the patient must be able to interact
with the off-site health care professional at the time the services
are provided.
(3) This section applies to a certificate issued or renewed on
or after January 1, 2013.
