STATE OF NEW YORK
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8688
IN SENATE
July 8, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring services
provided by telehealth reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office
visit
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 2999-dd of the public health law is amended by
2 adding a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
3 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary and pursuant
4 to regulations promulgated by the commissioner, telehealth services, as
5 defined by section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-cc of this article
6 and all regulations promulgated thereunder, including any additional
7 provider categories and originating sites specified in accordance with
8 section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-ee of this article, shall be
9 reimbursed at the same rate as an in-office visit.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16843-01-0
