Tennessee House Bill 498

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 3 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-03 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 201
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, exempts a patient receiving an initial behavioral health evaluation via telehealth from the requirement that a patient have an in-person encounter with a healthcare services provider, the healthcare services provider’s practice group, or the healthcare system within 16 months prior to an interactive visit in order to establish a provider-patient relationship for purposes of telehealth; allows a physician assistant who is authorized to prescribe drugs and who provides services solely via telehealth to arrange for chart review by a collaborating physician via HIPAA-compliant electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 63, relative to telehealth.

Rep. Brock Martin [R]	Rep. Bob Freeman [D]	Rep. Scott Cepicky [R]	Rep. Caleb Hemmer [D]
Rep. Darren Jernigan [D]	Rep. Esther Helton-Haynes [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-03		Comp. became Pub. Ch. 201
2023-04-03	House	Comp. SB subst.
2023-04-03	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-30	House	H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2023
2023-03-29	House	Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2023
2023-03-22	House	Rec. for pass. ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
2023-03-15	House	Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/22/2023
2023-03-14	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2023-03-14	House	Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Health Committee
2023-03-08	House	Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 3/14/2023
2023-03-07	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee
2023-03-01	House	Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 3/7/2023
2023-02-28	House	Action Def. in s/c Insurance Subcommittee to 3/7/2023
2023-02-22	House	Placed on s/c cal Insurance Subcommittee for 2/28/2023
2023-02-08	House	Assigned to s/c Insurance Subcommittee
2023-02-01	House	P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee -- Health Committee
2023-01-30	House	Intro., P1C.
2023-01-25	House	Filed for introduction

SB0721 (Crossfiled) 2023-05-03 - Effective date(s) 04/24/2023

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0498&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0498.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/113/pub/pc0201.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0127.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0498.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/FM0118.pdf