GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 555 Short Title: Medicaid Telehealth Services. (Public) Sponsors: Representative Lambeth. For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. Referred to: Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 31, 2025 *H555 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO ENSURE THAT CERTAIN PROVIDERS OF TELEHEALTH SERVICES ARE 2 ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL AS MEDICAID PROVIDERS. 3 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 SECTION 1. The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health 5 Benefits, shall ensure that a health care provider duly licensed by the State that provides health 6 care services exclusively through telemedicine services shall not be required to maintain a 7 physical presence in the State to be considered an eligible provider for enrollment as a Medicaid 8 provider. 9 SECTION 2. The Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health 10 Benefits, shall ensure that a medical provider group with health care providers duly licensed by 11 the State which exclusively offers telemedicine services shall not be required to have an in-State 12 service address to be eligible to enroll as a Medicaid provider group. 13 SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 14