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Lawmakers review Vermont telehealth law: consent, recording ban and payment parity
Summary
The House Health Care Committee heard a statutory overview of Vermont's telehealth rules, including informed-consent requirements, a 2017 ban on patient/provider recordings, and recent reimbursement parity for telemedicine and audio-only visits. Committee members flagged new transcription and AI tools for further testimony.
Legislative counsel Jen Carby told the House Health Care Committee that Vermont law sets detailed rules for telehealth delivery and payment, including requirements for informed consent, limits on recordings, and recent changes requiring equal reimbursement for in-person, telemedicine and audio-only care.
Carby said the statutes define telemedicine as a live audio-video clinical encounter, and include other modalities such as audio-only telephone visits, store-and-forward transfers of images or data, and remote home monitoring. She noted that “the provider has to be licensed where the patient is physically located at the time the services are delivered,” a licensing rule that remains in place as telehealth expands.
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