H.R. 691 · 114th Congress
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015
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Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and consider adopting conditions under which a health care professional delivering care through telehealth should:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 3, 2015
Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015
Calls for states to authorize health care professionals to deliver health care to individuals through telehealth and consider adopting conditions under which a health care professional delivering care through telehealth should:
- have access to the individual's medical history and should review it with the individual as if delivering the health care in person;
- attempt to identify any conditions underlying the symptoms reported by the individual before providing any diagnosis or treatment and, if recommending a treatment, should review with the individual the contraindications;
- have a conversation with the individual adequate to establish any diagnosis rendered;
- document any evaluation and treatment delivered to the individual to generate a medical record of the encounter;
- provide to the individual information regarding the professional's health care education, certification, and credentials;
- offer no assurance to the individual that any item or service will be issued or provided in exchange for the payment of the consultation fee or solely in response to the individual completing a form or questionnaire; and
- only issue a prescription if it is issued by a health care professional who has obtained a medical history and conducted an evaluation of the individual adequate to establish a diagnosis, not for certain controlled substances, and filled by a licensed dispensing entity.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Telehealth Modernization Act of 2015
Latest action (Feb 6, 2015): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 3, 2015
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.