HB825--TELEHEALTHSERVICES
SPONSOR: Stinnett
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
HealthandMentalHealthbyavoteof11to0.
Thisbilladjuststhedefinitionof"telehealthservices"under
Chapter191,RSMo,toincludeaudiovisualandaudio-only
technologies. Healthcareprovidersarenottobelimitedintheir
choiceofelectronicplatformsusedtodelivertelehealthor
telemedicine,providedthatallservicesthataredeliveredarein
accordancewiththeHealthInsurancePortabilityandAccountability
Act(HIPAA)of1996.
ThisbillisthesameasHB822(2025)andHB1873(2024).
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatthisbillmakesavailabletools
forhealthcareprofessionalstoprovideservicestoanincreased
fieldofpatientsandguaranteebetteraccessforthosepatients.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwereRepresentative Stinnett;
AssociationofMissouriNursePractitioners; MissouriChapterof
theAmericanAcademyofPediatrics;MissouriStateMedical
Association;MissouriAssociationofOsteopathicPhysiciansand
Surgeons;SSMHealth;Mercy;ArnieDienoff;ChuckHollister,
MissouriPsychologicalAssociation;MissouriOccupationalTherapy;
MissouriNursesAssociation;Paraquad;BJCHealthcare;CoxHealth
RankenJordan,ReachHealthcareFoundation,MoAssociationOfRural
HealthClinics;NationalAssociationSocialWorkers-MoChapter;
MissouriHospitalAssociation;MissouriAcademyofFamily
Physicians;BruceEddy,CommunityMentalHealth;JuliePratt,
BurrellBehavioralHealth;MosaicLifeCare;MissouriSpeech-
Language-HearingAssociation; MissouriPsychologicalAssociation;
JessicaGerfin,St.LouisBehavioralMedicineInstitute;andHeidi
N.Lucas,MissouriRuralHealthAssociation.
OPPONENTS: Therewasnooppositionvoicedtothecommittee.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.