SubscribeTrending 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 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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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