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HB 21-1256 CO
Became Law

Delivering Health-care Services Through Telemedicine

CO · session 2021A · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Apr 5, 2021

Latest action (May 27, 2021) Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance

Summary

Current law states that in-person contact between a health-care provider or mental health-care provider and a patient is not required under the state's medicaid program for services delivered through telemedicine that are otherwise eligible for reimbursement under medicaid. The act requires the department of health care policy and financing to promulgate rules specifically relating to entities that deliver health-care or mental health-care services exclusively or predominately through telemedicine.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Sponsors (3)

  • Susan Lontine · primary
  • Faith Winter · primary
  • Cleave Simpson Republican · primary

Action history (12)

  1. May 27, 2021 Governor Signed · executive
  2. May 21, 2021 Sent to the Governor · executive
  3. May 19, 2021 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  4. May 19, 2021 Signed by the Speaker of the House · lower
  5. May 11, 2021 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  6. May 10, 2021 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · upper
  7. May 5, 2021 Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole · upper
  8. Apr 29, 2021 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services · upper
  9. Apr 27, 2021 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  10. Apr 26, 2021 House Second Reading Passed - No Amendments · lower
  11. Apr 21, 2021 House Committee on Health & Insurance Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole · lower
  12. Apr 5, 2021 Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Insurance · lower

Text versions (8)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Signed Act (05/27/2021) · PDF
  • Final Act (05/19/2021) · PDF
  • Rerevised (05/11/2021) · PDF
  • Revised (05/10/2021) · PDF
  • Reengrossed (04/27/2021) · PDF
  • Engrossed (04/26/2021) · PDF
  • Introduced (04/05/2021) · PDF
  • Committee Amendment · PDF

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