Utah Telehealth Legislation

This bill enacts the Social Work Licensure Compact. This Bill enacts the Social Work Licensure Compact, provides rulemaking authority and makes technical changes.

This bill amends provisions related to designated examiners. This Bill related to civil commitments, adds certain psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners and psychiatric mental health clinical nurse specialists to the use of the term "designated examiner" and makes technical and conforming changes.

This bill addresses court-ordered treatment. This Bill requires the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Council to study issues relating to civil commitment, provides a sunset date for the reporting requirement, requires a local mental health authority to notify a peace officer or mental health officer when certain individuals are released from temporary involuntary commitment; amends the amount of time an individual may be held under a temporary commitment; amends the criteria under which a court shall order the involuntary commitment of an individual with a mental illness; amends the criteria and procedure for court-ordered assisted outpatient treatment; amends the criteria under which a court may order the involuntary commitment of an individual with an intellectual disability; describes information that must be provided to an individual when the individual is discharged from involuntary commitment; and makes technical and conforming changes.

This bill modifies provisions relating to cosmetic procedures. This Bill defines terms, allows a telemedicine service to be used for an initial consult before the initiation of a treatment protocol or series of treatments, and makes technical changes.

This bill updates provisions related to health assistance. This Bill amends or repeals obsolete Medicaid provisions and makes conforming changes; requires the department to apply for a Medicaid waiver or amend an existing waiver application related to qualified inmates in prison or jail; and modifies provisions related to how a health insurance entity interacts with the Medicaid program.

This bill creates the Utah Behavioral Health Commission (commission) within the Department of Health and Human Services; describes the commission's purpose and duties; creates certain subcommittees under the commission, including moving certain existing behavioral health entities under the direction of the commission; creates the Legislative Policy Committee under the direction of the commission, and describes that committee's duties; provides a sunset date for the commission; renumbers and amends provisions relating to the Utah Substance Use and Mental Health Advisory Committee, moves that committee within the Department of Health and Human Services, and removes the State Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice as staff to that committee.

This bill modifies and repeals reporting provisions related to Department of Health and Human Services programs. This Bill modifies and repeals reporting provisions related to Department of Health and Human Services programs, replaces a report for the Hepatitis C Outreach Pilot Program with a sunset date for the pilot program and makes technical changes.

This bill amends provisions related to cybersecurity, breach notification requirements, and authorized domain name extensions. This Bill defines terms, makes technical and conforming changes, describes a person's breach notification responsibilities to the Utah Cyber Center, and describes a governmental entity's reporting responsibilities to the Utah Cyber Center.

Did not pass in the house. Required 90% in-person payment rate for telehealth services.

If a patient relocates to Utah and they have a mental health provider who they were already an established patient with in another state, the provider can continue to treat them over telehealth in Utah for up to 90 days without needing a Utah license. After 9 months, the provider must get a Utah license if they continue to treat the patient(s). Here is the bill that approved this change.

This bill defines terms and subject to certain conditions and exceptions, requires certain health benefit plans to upon request of an enrollee who is a healthcare provider, offer a single case agreement for covered behavioral health treatment; and include certain terms in the single case agreement.

This bill repeals Title 58, Chapter 83, Online Prescribing, Dispensing, and Facilitation Licensing Act; and makes conforming changes.

This bill defines terms and allows an individual who holds a healthcare license from a different state to provide telemedicine services to individuals located in Utah under certain circumstances.

This bill amends the requirements for the provision of remote, transitional mental health therapy and substance use disorder counseling; allows for the provision of remote mental health therapy and substance use disorder counseling, subject to certain conditions; modifies requirements related to the training hours required for licensure as a: clinical social worker; marriage and family therapist; or clinical mental health counselor; and makes technical and conforming changes.

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on tardive dyskinesia; requires the Medicaid program to reimburse for audio-only telehealth services as specified by division rule; requires the Department of Health and Human Services to report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee on payment by the Medicaid program for long-acting injectable typical and atypical antipsychotics; and establishes repeal dates.

Did not pass in the house. Required 90% in-person payment rate for telehealth services.

This bill defines terms; and requires a health benefit plan to reimburse for telehealth services for a mental health condition if certain conditions are met.

This bill addresses mental and behavioral health services in the state and requires a health benefit plan to provide coverage for treatment of a mental health condition through telemedicine services if certain conditions are met; and reimburse for the treatment at a certain rate; allows a provider to use any synchronous audiovisual technology that is compliant with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 for certain treatment through telemedicine services.

This bill amends the definition of telemedicine services; clarifies the scope of telehealth practice; and requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage parity and commercially reasonable reimbursement for telehealth services and telemedicine services.

This bill defines terms; provides for the use of teledentistry within the state by dental professionals licensed within the state; provides that the standard of dental care for teledentistry is the same for in-person dental care; establishes the dental services a dental professional may provide using teledentistry; directs the Division of Occupational and Professional Licensing to make rules regarding teledentistry; and makes technical and conforming changes.

This bill addresses provisions relating to school-based mental health support.

This bill requires the Medicaid program to reimburse for certain telemedicine services at rates set by the Medicaid program; requires the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to reimburse for certain telemedicine services at commercially reasonable rates; amends telemedicine reporting and study requirements; and makes technical changes.

This bill relates to suicide prevention and mental health treatment.

This bill amends the list of qualifying conditions for medical cannabis recommendations.

This bill defines terms; requires the state Medicaid program to reimburse for telepsychiatric consultations; and requires certain health benefit plans to provide coverage for the use of physician-to-physician psychiatric consultations using telehealth services.

This bill defines terms; requires the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to create a telehealth mental health pilot project grant program; creates a reporting requirement; and repeals the provisions of this bill on December 31, 2021.

This bill requires the Medicaid program and the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to reimburse for certain telemedicine services at commercially reasonable rates; amends telemedicine reporting and study requirements; and makes technical changes.

This bill defines terms; the Medical Assistance Act regarding reimbursement for telemedicine services; amends the Insurance Code to require insurer transparency regarding telehealth reimbursement; amends the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program Act (PEHP) regarding reimbursement for telemedicine services; requires the Department of Health and PEHP to report to a legislative interim committee and a task force regarding telehealth services; requires a legislative study; and describes responsibilities of a provider offering telehealth services.

This bill defines terms; requires the Department of Health to issue a request for proposals to contract with one or more persons to develop and implement one or more telehealth pilot projects in the state; describes the purpose of the pilot project; describes requirements for the request for proposals; requires the Department of Health to report to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding the pilot project; and repeals the provisions of this bill on January 1, 2020.

This bill defines terms; amends the Medical Assistance Act regarding reimbursement for telemedicine services; amends the Public Employees' Health Benefit and Insurance Program Act (PEHP) regarding reimbursement for telemedicine services; requires the Department of Health and PEHP to report to a legislative interim committee and a task force regarding telehealth services; requires a legislative study; describes responsibilities of a provider offering telehealth services; and amends the Electronic Prescribing Act to restrict certain prescriptions in conjunction with telehealth services.

This bill enacts an interstate licensing compact to streamline the licensing of a physician in multiple states.

This bill defines terms and creates the Utah Education and Telehealth Network (UETN) within the state system of higher education