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Senate panel advances bill allowing telehealth recordings when patient and provider both consent
Summary
The Senate Health & Welfare committee reported H84 favorably after a committee member moved to advance it; H84 would allow patients and providers to create recordings of telemedicine or telephone consultations if both consent. Senators asked questions about HIPAA, record retention and how audio files are managed.
The Senate Health & Welfare committee voted to report H84 favorably after hearing from legislative counsel and health sector witnesses about recordkeeping and patient privacy.
Legislative counsel told the committee H84 would amend Title 18 to allow recording of telemedicine consultations and audio-only telephone visits when both the patient and the provider consent. The bill covers both store-and-forward telehealth and audio-only telephone…
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