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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY COHEN, KIRKLAND, BELFANTI, JOSEPHS, BEYER, CAUSER, FABRIZIO, HENNESSEY, KORTZ, McGEEHAN, PASHINSKI AND SIPTROTH, JANUARY 28, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, JANUARY 28, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 40 (Insurance) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, providing for health care coverage for telehealth. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby enacts as follows: |
5 | Section 1. Title 40 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
6 | Statutes is amended by adding a part to read: |
7 | PART IV |
8 | HEALTH CARE COVERAGE |
9 | Chapter |
10 | 71. (Reserved). |
11 | 72. Telehealth. |
12 | CHAPTER 71 |
13 | (RESERVED) |
14 | CHAPTER 72 |
15 | TELEHEALTH |
16 | Sec. |
17 | 7201. Definitions. |
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1 | 7202. Provision of coverage. |
2 | § 7201. Definitions. |
3 | The following words and phrases when used in this chapter |
4 | shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the |
5 | context clearly indicates otherwise: |
6 | "Health care professional." An individual who is licensed, |
7 | certified or otherwise regulated to provide health care services |
8 | under the laws of this Commonwealth. |
9 | "Health care services." Services for the diagnosis, |
10 | prevention, treatment, cure or relief of a health condition, |
11 | injury, disease or illness. |
12 | "Telehealth." The remote interaction between a health care |
13 | professional and a patient through the use of any of the |
14 | following: |
15 | (1) A video camera transmission. |
16 | (2) A computer video transmission. |
17 | (3) An electronic health monitoring device. |
18 | (4) Another telecommunications device that delivers |
19 | health information concerning a patient to a health care |
20 | professional. |
21 | § 7202. Provision of coverage. |
22 | An insurer that issues, delivers, executes or renews health |
23 | care insurance in this Commonwealth shall provide coverage for |
24 | telehealth if a health care professional certifies all of the |
25 | following: |
26 | (1) That the use of telehealth is appropriate for the |
27 | patient. |
28 | (2) That the health care professional will be able to |
29 | maintain proper direct examination of the patient or that |
30 | direct examination of the patient is not necessary. |
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1 | (3) That the use of telehealth will result in lower |
2 | health care costs than if it were not used. |
3 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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