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Prohibiting certain health carriers from excluding certain out-of-state health care professionals from participating as providers, via telehealth, under the carriers’ policies, plans, and contracts, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Topics:Health careInsuranceMental health & addiction
Same legislation: HF 2245
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 1, 2022
- Done: Passes the HouseMarch 10, 202291–0
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Health insurance companies in Iowa would no longer be allowed to block out-of-state mental health professionals from providing services through video calls. As long as these professionals are licensed in Iowa and meet the same standards as local providers, insurance companies must include them in their plans. This change affects insurance companies and people looking for mental health care through telehealth.1
Read the official explanation
34, and is able to satisfy the same criteria that the carrier uses to qualify in-state professionals, who hold the same license as the out-of-state professional, as providers. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to carriers that deliver, issue for delivery, continue, or renew a policy, contract, or plan in this state on or after the bill’s effective date.
House subcommittee
Named January 18, 2022. On February 1, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
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- HF 269 Prohibiting certain health carriers from excluding certain out-of-state health care profes…89th General Assembly · Renumbered as HF 731Very similar
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