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Committee tables proposal to fund telehealth kiosks for rural communities
Summary
Joint Appropriations tabled HB 11 11 after testimony raised fiscal and equity questions about a proposed one-time grant program to place telehealth kiosks in very small communities.
Joint Appropriations voted to table House Bill 11 11, a proposal to appropriate $1,000,000 in general funds to the Department of Health to grant telehealth kiosks to small communities.
Representative Garcia, prime sponsor, described the kiosks as an "office in a box" designed to serve communities with populations under 15,000, saying the technology can provide vitals, EKGs and other diagnostics while operating on secure connections. "It is an office…
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