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House health committee approves nine measures on tele-mental health, endometriosis care and provider disputes
Summary
The House Commission of Health approved nine measures in final session June 18, 2024, including a tele-mental health law, amendments on endometriosis care and an expedited process for insurer–provider payment disputes; most measures passed 8–0 with one abstention, and one measure passed 7–0 with two abstentions.
The Commission of Health of the House of Representatives met June 18, 2024, and voted to approve nine measures in a final-consideration session. The measures included a tele-mental health law, requirements for public reporting on hospital performance, protections and services for people with autism spectrum disorders, establishment of a dental examining board, amendments related to endometriosis care, changes to the Health Insurance Administration statute to expand provider contracting, an expedited procedure for resolving provider payment disputes, strengthened patient access to health records and a joint resolution instructing the Department of Health to adopt a uniform protocol for bleeding-disorder care.
The session was opened by the commission Presidenta (unidentified) and technical staff assisted by Edwin Figueroa Medina, the commission’s director ejecutivo, who confirmed circulation of the Senate- and House-approved texts with the commission technical team’s recommended amendments and repeatedly stated that “no…
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