Section 27-8-34-6 - Coverage of telehealth services; prohibition on requiring use of specific information technology application(a) A policy must provide coverage for telehealth services in accordance with the same clinical criteria as the policy provides coverage for the same health care services delivered in person.(b) Coverage for telehealth services required by subsection (a) may not be subject to a dollar limit, deductible, or coinsurance requirement that is less favorable to a covered individual than the dollar limit, deductible, or coinsurance requirement that applies to the same health care services delivered to a covered individual in person.(c) Any annual or lifetime dollar limit that applies to telehealth services must be the same annual or lifetime dollar limit that applies in the aggregate to all items and services covered under the policy.(d) A separate consent for telehealth services may not be required.(e) If a policy provides coverage for telehealth services via: (1) secure videoconferencing;(2) store and forward technology; or(3) remote patient monitoring technology; between a provider in one (1) location and a patient in another location, the policy may not require the use of a specific information technology application for those services.
Amended by P.L. 85-2021,SEC. 29, eff. 4/20/2021.Added by P.L. 185-2015, SEC. 25, eff. 7/1/2015.