Bill Text: MI HB5416 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Chaptered


Bill Title: Human services; medical services; medical reimbursement for in-home or in-school telemedicine services; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 105h.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-24 - Assigned Pa 101'20 With Immediate Effect [HB5416 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB5416-Chaptered.html

Act No. 101

Public Acts of 2020

Approved by the Governor

June 24, 2020

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 24, 2020

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 24, 2020

 

 

 

state of michigan

100th Legislature

Regular session of 2020

Introduced by Reps. Whiteford, Liberati, Wozniak, Green and Vaupel

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5416

AN ACT to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled “An act to protect the welfare of the people of this state; to provide general assistance, hospitalization, infirmary and medical care to poor or unfortunate persons; to provide for compliance by this state with the social security act; to provide protection, welfare and services to aged persons, dependent children, the blind, and the permanently and totally disabled; to administer programs and services for the prevention and treatment of delinquency, dependency and neglect of children; to create a state department of social services; to prescribe the powers and duties of the department; to provide for the interstate and intercounty transfer of dependents; to create county and district departments of social services; to create within certain county departments, bureaus of social aid and certain divisions and offices thereunder; to prescribe the powers and duties of the departments, bureaus and officers; to provide for appeals in certain cases; to prescribe the powers and duties of the state department with respect to county and district departments; to prescribe certain duties of certain other state departments, officers, and agencies; to make an appropriation; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the provisions of this act; and to repeal certain parts of this act on specific dates,” (MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 105h.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 105h. (1) Beginning October 1, 2020, telemedicine services are covered under the medical assistance program and Healthy Michigan program if the originating site is an in-home or in-school setting, in addition to any other originating site allowed in the Medicaid provider manual or any established site considered appropriate by the provider.

(2) The distant provider or organization is responsible for verifying a recipient’s identification and program eligibility.

(3) The distant provider or organization must ensure that the information is available to the primary care provider.

(4) As used in this section:

(a) “Originating site” means the location of the eligible recipient at the time the service being furnished by a telecommunications system occurs.

(b) “Telemedicine” means that term as defined in section 3476 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.3476.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

 

Clerk of the House of Representatives

 

Secretary of the Senate

Approved___________________________________________

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Governor

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