LCO No. 3226 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 542 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3226 Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES Introduced by: SEN. FLEXER, 29th Dist. AN ACT REQUIRING THE USE OF TELEMEDICINE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 Department of Social Services to integrate telemedicine into the 2 medical assistance program and to update telemedicine definitions to 3 more accurately serve rural areas. 4 Statement of Purpose: To require the Department of Social Services to use telemedicine in the medical assistance program and update telemedicine definitions to more accurately serve rural areas.