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Utah House approves telehealth bill after heated debate over abortion‑drug provision
Summary
The Utah House passed HB154 on Feb. 7, 2017, expanding telehealth standards and requiring insurer disclosure of coverage, after rejecting an amendment that would have removed a clause banning telehealth provision of abortion‑inducing drugs; vote was 56–15.
The Utah House of Representatives narrowly approved House Bill 154 on Feb. 7, 2017, adopting a package of telehealth amendments intended to strengthen standards of care, confidentiality and insurance disclosure for telemedicine services while explicitly refusing to allow abortion‑inducing drugs to be prescribed via telehealth.
Representative Mike Ivory, the bill sponsor, said the measure reopens work on reimbursement and standards the House considered last year and adds a disclosure requirement for insurers to state whether and to what extent they cover telehealth. Ivory argued the bill improves access for rural Utahns while maintaining appropriate limits…
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