House
File
891
H-1489
Amend
the
amendment,
H-1484,
to
House
File
891,
as
follows:
1
1.
Page
74,
after
line
30
by
inserting:
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DIVISION
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3
TELEHEALTH
——
MENTAL
HEALTH
——
REIMBURSEMENT
PARITY
4
Sec.
___.
Section
514C.34,
subsection
1,
Code
2021,
is
5
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
6
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0a.
“Covered
person”
means
the
same
as
7
defined
in
section
514J.102.
8
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
00a.
“Facility”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
9
section
514J.102.
10
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0c.
“Health
carrier”
means
the
same
as
11
defined
in
section
514J.102.
12
Sec.
___.
Section
514C.34,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
13
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
c.
“Telehealth”
means
the
delivery
of
health
care
services
15
through
the
use
of
real-time
interactive
audio
and
video
,
or
16
other
real-time
interactive
electronic
media,
regardless
of
17
where
the
health
care
professional
and
the
covered
person
are
18
each
located
.
“Telehealth”
does
not
include
the
delivery
of
19
health
care
services
delivered
solely
through
an
audio-only
20
telephone,
electronic
mail
message,
or
facsimile
transmission.
21
Sec.
___.
Section
514C.34,
Code
2021,
is
amended
by
adding
22
the
following
new
subsection:
23
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
a.
A
health
carrier
shall
reimburse
24
a
health
care
professional
and
a
facility
for
health
care
25
services
provided
by
telehealth
to
a
covered
person
for
a
26
mental
health
condition,
illness,
injury,
or
disease
on
the
27
same
basis
and
at
the
same
rate
as
the
health
carrier
would
28
apply
to
the
same
health
care
services
for
a
mental
health
29
condition,
illness,
injury,
or
disease
provided
in
person
to
a
30
covered
person
by
the
health
care
professional
or
the
facility.
31
b.
As
a
condition
of
reimbursement
pursuant
to
paragraph
32
“a”
,
a
health
carrier
shall
not
require
that
an
additional
33
health
care
professional
be
located
in
the
same
room
as
a
34
covered
person
while
health
care
services
for
a
mental
health
35
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condition,
illness,
injury,
or
disease
are
provided
via
1
telehealth
by
another
health
care
professional
to
the
covered
2
person.
3
Sec.
___.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
division
of
this
Act,
being
4
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
5
Sec.
___.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
division
6
of
this
Act
applies
to
health
care
services
for
a
mental
7
health
condition,
illness,
injury,
or
disease
provided
by
a
8
health
care
professional
or
a
facility
to
a
covered
person
by
9
telehealth
on
or
after
January
1,
2021.
>
10
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
11
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of
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