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House Human Services panel reports bill to let Medicaid pay for tele-behavioral health outside clinic walls
Summary
The House Human Services Committee voted to report House Bill 1590, which would remove state regulatory barriers that limit payment for clinical services to inside a clinical facility, allowing expanded use of tele-behavioral health under federal flexibilities.
The House Human Services Committee on an affirmative voice vote reported House Bill 1590, a measure to amend the Human Services Code to remove state regulatory requirements that limit payment for clinical services to the physical confines of clinical facilities, clearing the way for expanded tele-behavioral health services.
The bill, summarized to the committee as an amendment to the act of June 13, 1967, known as the Human…
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