Relating to reimbursement rates for health care services provided to covered persons by telehealth and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

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   Done: IntroducedJanuary 15, 2020
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   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 16, 2020
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   Done: House committeeMarch 9, 2020
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   Done: Passes the HouseMarch 9, 2020
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   Done: Senate committeeJune 9, 2020
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   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires a health carrier to reimburse a health care professional or facility for health care services provided to a covered person by telehealth on or after January 1, 2021, on the same basis and at the same rate as the health carrier would apply to the same health care services provided to the covered person by the health care professional or facility in person.

Changed since by amendments H-8035, H-8028; see Amendments.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named March 11, 2020. Meeting: Monday, March 16 · 11:00 AM · Senate Lobbyist Lounge.

• Sen. Jeff Edler R
• Sen. Liz Mathis D
• Sen. Mark Segebart R

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Fiscal note

There is a potential fiscal impact as a result of this Bill; however, that impact is difficult to determine. Due to the telehealth option being made available to members on the State of Iowa Plan in 2018, there are only two full years of available data. Additionally, there are conflicting assumptions regarding telehealth’s impact on health care costs and future behaviors of patients and health care providers.

• Telehealth Parity · February 10, 2020

Reading a fiscal note²

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