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Trending in Telehealth: August 2025

by Amanda Enyeart, Jayda Greco and Jae Hyun Lee | Sep 5, 2025 | Telehealth

Trending in Telehealth highlights monthly state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care.

Trending in August:

Telehealth expansion
Teledentistry
Veterinary telemedicine
Mental and behavioral health

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking

California was active in the telehealth space in August, proposing several bills covering areas such as Medi-Cal improvements, scope of practice for tele-veterinary services, and pilot programs:
- California’s Telehealth for All Act of 2025, AB 688, passed both chambers. The bill would enhance the use of telehealth services within the Medi-Cal program by requiring analyses and reporting on telehealth utilization and access every two years.
- California AB 1502 passed one chamber and would clarify scope of practice, recordkeeping, and supervision requirements for veterinarians using telemedicine.
- California SB 775 passed one chamber and would extend certain operations of the Board of Psychology and the Board of Behavioral Sciences to January 1, 2030. It would extend a provision that includes contact via two-way, real-time videoconferencing in the definition of “face-to-face contact” for the purpose of direct supervisor contact. This provision was previously set to expire on January 1, 2026.
- California SB 669 passed one chamber and would establish a five-year pilot for rural hospitals more than 60 minutes away from full maternity services to offer standby perinatal care starting in 2025. Participating hospitals would have to meet specific requirements, including having telemedicine policies for real-time perinatal and neonatal consultations.
- California SB 660 passed one chamber and would expand oversight of the California Health and Human Services Data Exchange Framework by the Department of Health Care Access and Information. The bill would mandate the establishment of a data sharing system among healthcare entities and government agencies by January 1, 2026, to enhance health information exchange. A new CalHHS Data Exchange Board, consisting of 14 members, would be created to ensure compliance with the data sharing framework. The bill also seeks to designate qualified health information organizations as intermediaries.
- California SB 338 passed one chamber and aims to establish a pilot program to expand access to health services for farmworkers in rural areas through virtual health hubs. These hubs, featuring essential telemedicine infrastructure such as Wi-Fi and exam rooms, would be funded by grants to community-based organizations with a history of serving medically underserved communities. The program would specifically target Latino farmworker communities to address issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and access to healthcare, which are exacerbated by factors such as language barriers and low-income levels. Implementation would depend on grant recipients fulfilling financial criteria, and the program would be evaluated via a report submitted to the legislature based on data collected from the health hubs.
- California AB 341 passed one chamber and would require the Department of Developmental Services to contract with a public [...]
  
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Trending in Telehealth: June 2025

by Stacey Callaghan, Amanda Enyeart and Abby Higgins | Jul 23, 2025 | Telehealth

Trending in June:

Out-of-state licensure

Expansion of services

Prescription standard changes

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking:

California was active in the telehealth space in June.

- California lawmakers proposed three bills related to use of telehealth in connection with the Medi-Cal program. The California Senate proposed SB 530 to extend Medi-Cal’s existing time and distance standards to ensure timely access to various healthcare services, including telehealth. California also proposed the Telehealth for All Act of 2025, AB 688, to enhance use of telehealth services within the Medi-Cal program by requiring regular analyses and reporting on telehealth utilization and access every two years. California proposed AB 260 to establish protections around abortion access by allowing telehealth providers who offer reproductive health services to enroll as Medi-Cal providers.

- California proposed SB 508 to allow out-of-state physicians to provide telehealth services to certain “eligible patients” in California. Previously, eligible patients were limited to those that had an immediately life-threatening disease or condition, or who had been diagnosed with any stage of cancer. If passed, SB 508 would revise the definition of eligible patient to include patients whose immediately life-threatening disease or condition is in remission if the patient is continuing care with the out-of-state physician.

- The California Assembly passed AB 1503, which proposes changes to the pharmacy regulations. These changes would amend previous language requiring a provider to perform a “good faith prior examination” before issuing a dangerous drug or device to an “appropriate prior examination,” and would require a pharmacy or outsourcing facility to notify the California State Board of Pharmacy that it receives prescriptions from a telehealth platform, unless an exception applies.

Colorado published notice of proposed rulemaking to include remote patient monitoring as a reimbursable service separate from the per visit encounter rate for Rural Health Clincs. This is in response to Senate Bill 24-168, which passed in 2024 and instructed the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to conduct stakeholder meetings on options for remote monitoring with rural providers. Written comments will be accepted through August 6, 2025.

Delaware proposed SB 101, which would reconcile a conflict between the in-person examination requirement for prescribing controlled substances under [...]

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Trending in Telehealth: May 2025

by Amanda Enyeart and Alan LeBlang | Jun 10, 2025 | Telehealth

Trending in May:

• Controlled substances
• Mental and behavioral health
• Payment parity

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking:

Alaska SB 83, which passed the Alaska Senate, would require health insurers to reimburse healthcare providers for healthcare services provided through telehealth on the same basis and at least at the same rate as for comparable healthcare services provided in-person.
California AB 260, which passed the California State Assembly, would establish protections around access to medication abortion. The bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to update Medi-Cal provider enrollment procedures to allow remote service providers who offer reproductive healthcare services exclusively through telehealth modalities to enroll as Medi-Cal providers using an “administrative location” as their service address. The bill would exempt these administrative locations from certain requirements applicable to in-person locations. It would also permit the use of a cellular telephone as the primary business phone for reproductive healthcare providers. Further, the bill would expand the Medi-Cal definition of asynchronous store and forward to include asynchronous electronic transmissions initiated directly by patients, including through mobile telephone applications, and would authorize Medi-Cal providers to establish a new patient relationship using asynchronous store and forward if the visit is related to reproductive healthcare services. The bill has been referred to the California Senate.
Colorado SB 48 passed both chambers of the Colorado General Assembly. If signed by the governor, the bill would require large group health benefit plans to offer policyholders the option to purchase coverage for US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved anti-obesity medications, including at least one FDA-approved GLP-1 medication. The bill would also require such plans to provide coverage for intensive behavioral or lifestyle therapy and medical nutrition therapy, which may be provided by telehealth as a means of delivery.
Louisiana HB 137 passed both chambers of the Louisiana State Legislature. If signed by the governor, the bill would authorize psychologists and medical psychologists to evaluate a patient via telehealth to execute an emergency certificate. Under an emergency certificate, a person who has a mental illness or a person who is suffering from a substance-related or addictive disorder may be admitted and detained at a treatment facility for observation, diagnosis, and treatment for a period not to exceed 15 days.
New York A 949, which passed the New York State Assembly, would permit the use of telemedicine services for mental and behavioral health issues under the workers’ compensation system. The bill would require in-person visits within 12 months of the first telehealth visit and within six months of the first audio-only telehealth visit, unless the provider determined that an in-person visit was likely to cause disruption or create undue hardship on the patient [...]

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Trending in Telehealth: April 2025

by Amanda Enyeart, Jayda Greco and Abygail Hoey | May 16, 2025 | Telehealth

Trending in April:

• Teledentistry
• Prescription and drug dispensing and monitoring
• Remote monitoring

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking:

Georgia HB 567, which would authorize and regulate teledentistry, successfully passed both chambers of the legislature. The bill specifies that a dentist must have a physical office in the state, maintain relationships with in-person referral dentists, and ensure that teledentistry services adhere to existing standards for patient care, including privacy and consent requirements.
Arkansas HB 1429 would allow interpreting physicians to be available via telecommunication instead of requiring their physical presence onsite for diagnostic mammography procedures. The bill has cleared the House and the Senate.
Hawaii HB 302 received approval from both the House and the Senate. The bill would repeal the requirement for an in-person provider-patient relationship and permit applicants or primary caregivers to temporarily purchase medical cannabis after submitting the applicant’s certification form.
Passing in a second chamber, Indiana SB 473 would enable prescription of agonist opioids through telehealth services, without an in-person visit, for the treatment or management of opioid dependence.
Arizona SB 1335, which would mandate the director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System to provide an annual report on teledentistry, passed in a second chamber.
Montana HB 806 passed in a second chamber. The bill would revise laws related to nutritionists and dietitians, including incorporating the provision of services via telehealth into the definition of “practice of nutrition.”

Finalized Legislation & Rulemaking Activity:

Indiana HB 1572 was signed into law and goes into effect July 1, 2025. This law adds speech-language pathology assistants to the definition of “practitioner” for telehealth purposes, specifies services included in “audiology,” and allows the sale and use of over-the-counter hearing aids without fitting by a registered hearing aid dealer or licensed audiologist.
North Dakota’s SB 2353 was signed into law and goes into effect on August 1, 2025. It allows certified community behavioral health clinics to provide telemedicine consultations for mental health and substance use disorder treatments.
Expanding telehealth services, Virginia SB 1367 was signed into law and goes into effect July 1, 2025. This law allows remote patient monitoring for pregnant and postpartum individuals, ensuring broader access to telehealth monitoring beyond high-risk pregnancies.
Wyoming adopted regulation 7211 as an emergency rule on April 3, 2025. The rule enhances telehealth services within the state by allowing healthcare providers licensed in other states to offer telehealth services to patients in Wyoming without needing a Wyoming license, provided they notify the appropriate licensing board and meet certain conditions.
Ohio’s SB 95 went into effect on April [...]

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Trending in Telehealth: March 2025

by Amanda Enyeart and Lauren Ellison | Apr 18, 2025 | Telehealth

Trending in Telehealth highlights monthly state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care.

Trending in March:

Youth counseling and mental health services
Insurance coverage
Interstate compacts

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Regulations and Legislation:

In Hawaii, the House proposed House Bill (HB) 951 to allow a patient seen in person by another health care provider in the same medical group as the prescribing physician to be prescribed opiates for a three-day supply or less via telehealth.
Tennessee proposed Senate Bill (SB) 231 to require health benefit plan coverage of speech therapy, both in person and via telehealth.
Oklahoma proposed amendments revising the office location requirements for tele-dentistry. While dentists were previously required to maintain office locations in Oklahoma, the amendment increases flexibility by allowing dentists to maintain office locations in Oklahoma or in states adjacent to Oklahoma, so long as the offices are located within 50 miles of an Oklahoma border of a state with an interstate dental and dental hygienist compact.
Both chambers of the Tennessee legislature passed SB 1122 to create a youth mental health service program, which includes the use of telehealth.
Both chambers of the Maryland legislature passed SB 94, an amendment that would require Medicaid to cover maternal health self-measured blood pressure monitoring for all eligible recipients. Specifically, the program must cover the provision of validated home blood pressure monitors and reimbursement of health care providers and other staff time used for patient training, remote patient monitoring, transmission of blood pressure data, interpretation of readings, and the delivery of co-interventions.
Also in Maryland, the House proposed an amendment that would allow certain out-of-state providers to deliver clinical professional counseling services via telehealth to students. Among other changes, the amendment removes limitations that previously capped counseling services at five days per month and 15 days per calendar year.
West Virginia’s SB 299 would require legislative telehealth rules to include a prohibition on prescribing or dispensing gender-altering medication.
In Colorado, the Department of Regulatory Agencies and the Medical Board proposed a rule imposing requirements for physicians and physician groups entering into collaborating agreements. Physicians must actively practice medicine in Colorado and, for purposes of the rule, practicing medicine based primarily on telehealth technologies does not constitute as “actively practicing medicine.”

Finalized Regulatory and Legislative Activity:

Virginia passed HB 1945, requiring that each school board consider developing and implementing policies that allow public school students to schedule and participate in telehealth services and mental health teletherapy services during regular school hours with parental consent. The bill mandates that any such policies developed by a school board must (i) require each school to designate a location for student use for such telehealth appointments, (ii) implement measures to ensure the [...]

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Trending in Telehealth: February 2025

by Stacey Callaghan and Nicole S. Pomerantz | Mar 18, 2025 | Telehealth

Trending in February:

Interstate compacts
Telepharmacy services
Veterinary services
Telehealth practice standards

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking:

North Dakota proposed amendments to the North Dakota Century Code related to optometrist licensure and standards for providing tele-optometry. The amendments delineate the circumstances under which a licensed optometrist may use telemedicine to provide care. Proposed practice standards include requirements to establish a proper provider-patient relationship and requirements related to informed consent.
In Indiana, Senate Bill 473 proposed amendments that would allow providers to prescribe certain agonist opioids through telemedicine technologies for the treatment or management of opioid dependence. Current law only allows partial agonist opioids to be prescribed virtually.

Finalized Legislation & Rulemaking Activity:

Ohio enacted Senate Bill 95, authorizing the operation of remote dispensing pharmacies, defined as pharmacies where the dispensing of drugs, patient counseling, and other pharmacist care is provided and monitored through telepharmacy systems.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission adopted an amendment to the Texas Government Code, requiring that providers be reimbursed for teledentistry services. The amendment allows flexibility for a dentist to use synchronous audiovisual technologies to conduct an oral evaluation of an established client. This change makes oral evaluations more accessible and prevents unnecessary travel for clients in the Texas Health Steps Program.

The Arkansas governor signed Senate Bill 61 into law, authorizing the practice of veterinary telemedicine in the state. The bill includes practice standards for veterinary telemedicine and provision of emergency veterinary care.
Also in Arkansas, House Bill 1427 enacted the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act. The act amends Arkansas law to improve maternal health and establish reimbursement procedures for remote ultrasounds.

Compact Activity:

Several states have advanced licensure compacts. These compacts enable certain categories of physicians to practice across state lines, whether in person or via telemedicine. The following states have introduced bills to enact these compacts:
- Dietitian Licensure Compact: Mississippi, Kansas, and North Dakota.
- Social Work Licensure Compact: Mississippi, Maryland, and North Dakota.
- Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact: North Dakota and New Mexico.
- Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Compact: New Mexico.

Why it matters:

States continue to expand practitioners’ ability to provide telehealth services across state lines. While telemedicine is often seen as an alternative method for care delivery, it can sometimes be the most effective and efficient option. Expanding interstate licensure compacts improves access to qualified practitioners, particularly in underserved and rural areas. These compacts also enhance career opportunities and reduce the burdens associated with obtaining multiple state licenses.
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Trending in Telehealth: January 6 – 27, 2025

by Stacey Callaghan and Samantha Pearsall | Feb 10, 2025 | Telehealth
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care.

Trending in the past weeks:

Provider training

Telepharmacy

Licensure exceptions

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking:

In Ohio, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services proposed amendments to the mobile response and stabilization services (MRSS) rule. The changes would clarify when telehealth is a “clinically appropriate” modality for delivering MRSS, such as when a clinician requests a mobile response and that clinician is not available to respond in person as part of the MRSS team.

New York’s FY 2026 budget includes legislation to join the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC). Joining the NLC would make it easier for certain categories of nurses licensed in other states to practice in New York either physically or through telemedicine, and for New York providers to offer virtual care to their patients who travel to other states.

Also in New York, Senate Bill 1430 passed the Senate and was referred to the Assembly. The proposed legislation would establish the New York state abortion clinical training program within the Department of Health. The curriculum would include training on the delivery of abortion and other reproductive healthcare services through telehealth.

Vermont’s Office of Professional Regulation proposed amendments to the Administrative Rules of the Board of Pharmacy that further elaborate on the state’s telepharmacy practicing and licensure requirements. Under the proposed rules, telepharmacists would be subject to the same rules and standards applicable to all modalities of pharmacy practice. The proposed rule also provides that pharmacists licensed in other jurisdictions who wish to provide only telepharmacy services from outside of Vermont to individuals located in Vermont may apply for an out-of-state telepharmacist license.

Finalized Legislation & Rulemaking Activity:

North Dakota adopted rule amendments that provide exceptions to physician licensure for telehealth providers licensed in another state, including for continuation of care for an established patient, care while the patient is located within the state temporarily, preparation for a scheduled in-person visit, practitioner-to-practitioner consultations, and emergency circumstances.

The Ohio governor signed Senate Bill 95 into law. The legislation provides an exception to current state law that prohibits pharmacists from dispensing dangerous drugs through telehealth or virtual means. For more information on this rule, please see our previous post.

The Texas Medical Board repealed 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 170, which included regulations concerning the electronic prescribing of controlled substances. The board also repealed 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 174, concerning telemedicine generally, and replaced it with the new 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 175. These regulations state that a physician may not provide telemedicine medical services to patients in Texas unless the physician holds a full Texas [...]

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Human Trafficking Monitoring for Telehealth Providers

by Jayda Greco, Alan LeBlang and Lisa Mazur | Feb 3, 2025 | Telehealth
Overview: Telehealth providers are uniquely positioned to monitor for human trafficking when interacting with patients. Survivor records indicate that health services are among the most common points of access to help trafficked persons, and nearly 70% of human trafficking survivors report having had access to health services at some point during their exploitation. While there’s limited data regarding trafficked persons’ use of telehealth services, empirical evidence demonstrates that a greater proportion of trafficked persons completed telehealth appointments during the early period of the COVID-19 pandemic than pre-pandemic. To enable telehealth providers to assist trafficked patients, this article discusses the legal landscape surrounding human trafficking and lays out best practices for telehealth providers.

Background: Telehealth providers are subject to a patchwork of legal requirements aimed at reducing human trafficking. If the patient is under the age of 18 or is disabled, many states require telehealth providers to report instances in which they know or reasonably believe the patient has experienced or is experiencing abuse, mistreatment, or neglect. Some states, such as Florida and New Jersey, also require telehealth providers partake in anti-trafficking education.

Online platforms that offer telehealth services are also subject to federal legislation regarding sex trafficking monitoring. In 2018, US Congress passed the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Trafficking Act of 2017 (FOSTA). The law was enacted primarily in response to unsuccessful litigation against Backpage.com, a website accused of permitting and even assisting users in posting advertisements for sex trafficking. Before FOSTA’s enactment, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act essentially shielded online platforms from liability for such conduct. FOSTA, however, effectively created an exception to Section 230 by establishing criminal penalties for those who promote or facilitate sex trafficking through their control of online platforms. These penalties, generally limited to a fine, imprisonment of up to 10 years, or both, may be heightened for aggravated violations, which are violations involving reckless disregard of sex trafficking or the promotion or facilitation of prostitution of five or more people. State attorneys general and, in cases of aggravated violations, injured persons also may bring civil actions against those who control online platforms in violation of the law.

Since FOSTA’s inception, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought at least one criminal charge under the law. In 2021, after being charged by DOJ, the owner of the online platform CityXGuide.com pleaded guilty to one count of promotion of prostitution and reckless disregard of sex trafficking, a violation of FOSTA’s aggravated violations provision. According to DOJ officials, more charges have not been brought under FOSTA because the law is relatively new and federal prosecutors have had success prosecuting those who control online platforms by bringing racketeering and money laundering charges. Nonetheless, it is possible that prosecutors will pursue FOSTA violations more regularly during the Trump administration, particularly because US President Donald Trump signed it into law during his first term in office, calling it “crucial legislation.”

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Trending in Telehealth: December 18, 2024 – January 6, 2025

by Marshall E. Jackson, Jr. and Samantha Pearsall | Jan 10, 2025 | Telehealth
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care.

Trending in the past weeks:

Reimbursement parity

Provider telehealth education

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking:

In Ohio, Senate Bill 95 passed both the House and Senate chambers. This bill will allow for remote pharmacy dispensing, as current state law prohibits the dispensing of a dangerous drug by a pharmacist through telehealth or virtual means.

In Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority, Health Systems Division: Medical Assistance Programs proposed rule amendments to clarify the telehealth rule definitions, including adding cross-references to established definitions in OAR 410-120-0000.

In New York, the Department of Public Health (DPH) proposed two new amendments to the Medicaid State Plan for non-institutional services:

To comply with the 2024-2025 enacted budget, DPH proposed a clarification to the March 27, 2024, notice provision regarding provider rates for early intervention services. This clarification includes a decrease to provider rates for early intervention services delivered via telehealth, with rate decreases as high as 20% in some regions.

DPH also proposed to reimburse Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics a separate payment in lieu of the prospective payment system rate for non-visit services, such as eConsults and remote patient monitoring.

Finalized Legislation & Rulemaking Activity:

In Illinois, an amendment to the Illinois Public Aid Code went into effect on January 1, 2025. Passed in June of 2024, Senate Bill 3268 provides that the Department of Human Services will pay negotiated, agreed-upon administrative fees associated with implementing telehealth services for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities receiving Community Integrated Living Arrangement residential services.

Also in Illinois, an amendment to the Illinois Physical Therapy Act went into effect January 1, 2025. Passed in August of 2024, House Bill 5087 significantly limits the ability of physical therapists to provide telehealth services to patients in the state. For more information on the effects of this bill, please read our article discussing its implications.

In Kentucky, Senate Bill 111 went into effect January 1, 2025. This bill requires health benefit plans, limited health service benefit plans, Medicaid and state health plans to provide coverage for speech therapy provided via telehealth.

Missouri’s emergency rule amendments for virtual visit coverage under the Missouri Consolidated Health Care Plan took effect as of January 1, 2025. For more information on this bill, please see our related article from last month.

In New Jersey, Assembly Bill 3853 was signed into law by the governor. The legislation extends certain pay parity regarding telemedicine and telehealth until July 1, 2026, meaning that New Jersey health plans shall reimburse telehealth and telemedicine services at the same [...]

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Trending in Telehealth: December 11 – 17, 2024

by Dale C. Van Demark and Angela Irene Theodoropoulos | Dec 18, 2024 | Telehealth
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care.

Trending in the past week:

Licensure compacts

Telepharmacies

Telehealth practice standards

A CLOSER LOOK

Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking:

In Michigan, House Bill 4169 was referred to the second committee after passing the first chamber. The bill would enact the Interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact in Michigan. The compact is designed to facilitate use of telehealth technology to increase access to occupational therapy services.

New York’s Assembly Bill 6799, which has passed both chambers, was delivered to the governor for review. The proposed legislation seeks to establish an education program for screening drug-induced movement disorders and specifically includes services provided via telehealth.

In Ohio, Senate Bill 95 passed the second chamber. If enacted, the legislation would provide an exception to current state law that prohibits pharmacists from dispensing dangerous drugs through telehealth or virtual means. Under state law, dangerous drugs include prescription medications, schedule V controlled substances, injectables, biological products, and drugs with certain mandatory federal caution labels. The proposed legislation would create an allowance for remote dispensing pharmacies, which dispense drugs, counsel patients, and provide other pharmacist care through a telepharmacy system. Telepharmacy is a system that monitors the dispensing of drugs and provides for related drug utilization review and patient counseling services via electronic means. The dispensing of drugs at a remote dispensing pharmacy may include the dispensing of drug-therapy-related devices.

Finalized Legislation & Rulemaking Activity:

In Delaware, the Board of Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Professionals final rule took effect, updating existing regulations that include telehealth practice standards. The board clarified that “face-to-face” services include both in-person and live video mental health counseling services. The board also removed the previous supervision requirement for counselor applicants that restricted the amount of supervision that could be credited for live video conferencing rather than in-person means.

Why it matters:

Interstate licensure compacts are progressively expanding. Michigan’s proposed legislation to join the Interstate Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact demonstrates states’ ongoing interest in compacts that enable healthcare professionals to practice across state lines. These compacts can expand access to qualified practitioners in underserved and rural areas, enhance career flexibility, and reduce the administrative burdens associated with applying for multiple state licenses.

States are adapting to the sustained significance of telehealth. Legislative and regulatory trends reflect a continued recognition that telehealth can be utilized for a wide variety of purposes, including provision of health services education (as in New York’s proposed bill) and supervisory training (as in Delaware’s final rule).

Telehealth is an important development in care delivery, but the regulatory patchwork is complicated. The McDermott Digital Health team works alongside the industry’s leading providers, payors, and technology innovators to help them enter new markets, break down barriers to delivering accessible care and [...]

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