Text: HF02371 Text: HF02373 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514C.14 MANDATED COVERAGE FOR
1 2 CERTAIN DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES.
1 3 1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or contract
1 4 providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or
1 5 medical expenses shall provide coverage for costs associated
1 6 with services provided through the use of telemedicine. This
1 7 coverage requirement is applicable to, but not limited to, the
1 8 following classes of third-party payment provider contracts or
1 9 policies delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed
1 10 in this state on or after July 1, 1998:
1 11 a. Individual or group accident and sickness insurance
1 12 providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis.
1 13 b. An individual or group hospital or medical service
1 14 contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 514A.
1 15 c. An individual or group health maintenance organization
1 16 contract regulated under chapter 514B.
1 17 d. An individual or group Medicare supplemental policy,
1 18 unless coverage pursuant to such policy is preempted by
1 19 federal law.
1 20 2. For purposes of this section, "telemedicine" means use
1 21 of a telecommunications system for diagnostic, clinical,
1 22 consultative, or data services for the delivery of health care
1 23 services by licensed health care professionals, licensed
1 24 medical professionals, and staff who function under the
1 25 direction of a physician or hospital.
1 26 3. For purposes of this section, "costs associated with
1 27 services provided through the use of telemedicine" includes
1 28 the costs associated with providing the connection to such
1 29 telecommunications system, and any related expenses of
1 30 providing such system.
1 31 EXPLANATION
1 32 This bill provides that a policy or contract providing for
1 33 third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical
1 34 expenses must provide coverage for costs associated with
1 35 services provided through the use of telemedicine.
2 1 The bill defines "telemedicine" as the use of a
2 2 telecommunications system for diagnostic, clinical,
2 3 consultative, or data services for the delivery of health care
2 4 services by licensed health care professionals, licensed
2 5 medical professionals, and staff who function under the
2 6 direction of a physician or hospital. The bill also defines
2 7 "costs associated with services provided through the use of
2 8 telemedicine" to include the costs associated with providing
2 9 the connection to such telecommunications system, and any
2 10 related expenses of providing such system.
2 11 LSB 4071HH 77
2 12 mj/jw/5
Text: HF02371 Text: HF02373 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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