Committee approves amendment adding patients— homes as teletherapy originating site

Mar 29, 2021

House Bill 1068 was amended and approved to expand the definition of 'originating site' for teletherapy to include a patient's home and to align group-therapy language with CMS guidelines; the amendment and the bill passed by voice vote.

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The committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 1068 to ensure consistency with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services guidelines on group therapy and then approved the bill as amended. Senator Davis Ward ran HB1068 for Representative Pilkington and explained that the amendment and bill add the patient's home to the definition of "originating site" for teletherapy services.

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