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Committee hears broad support for bills to preserve audio‑only telehealth and bar insurers from mandating platforms
Summary
House hearings on House Bill 822 and House Bill 825 drew widespread testimony from mental‑health providers, hospitals and rural health advocates supporting preservation of audio‑only telehealth and language preventing private insurers from dictating telehealth platforms.
The House Committee on Health and Mental Health conducted a public hearing on two related bills — House Bill 822 and House Bill 825 — that would preserve audio‑only telehealth services and prevent private insurers from mandating specific electronic platforms for telehealth.
Committee Chair Representative Stinnett and Representative Mansur said the measures aim to codify telehealth practices the state has used during and since the COVID‑19 pandemic, and to align private‑insurer coverage with existing Mo Health Net (Missouri’s Medicaid program) and Medicare rules. “Allowing audio only can help [rural and elderly patients] to be able to access those necessary services,” Stinnett said.
Testimony in favor came from a broad coalition of behavioral‑health providers, hospitals and…
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