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House advances bill to preserve parity for audio-only telehealth reimbursement
Summary
Representative Carpenter presented H.861 to require insurance plans to reimburse audio-only telephone visits at the same rate as in-person and telemedicine visits and to repeal a scheduled sunset; the House ordered third reading after a voice response and the committee report was cited in the floor debate.
Representative Carpenter, speaking for the House Health Care Committee, told colleagues that H.861 would require insurance plans to provide "the same reimbursement amounts to health care providers for delivering services in person by telemedicine, which includes both audio and video and by audio only telephone." He said the bill also repeals the statutory sunset scheduled for Jan. 1, 2026, so…
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