| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.84 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #378763 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.84 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Hooper of Burlington, Austin of Colchester, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Bishop of Colchester, Bluemle of Burlington, Branagan of 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Georgia, Burtt of Cabot, Campbell of St. Johnsbury, Casey of 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Montpelier, Coffin of Cavendish, Critchlow of Colchester, 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Dodge of Essex, Duke of Burlington, Greer of Bennington, 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Hango of Berkshire, Harrison of Chittenden, Higley of Lowell, 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Howard of Rutland City, Kleppner of Burlington, Maguire of 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Rutland City, McCann of Montpelier, Morgan, M. of Milton, 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Morrissey of Bennington, Mrowicki of Putney, Nielsen of 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Brandon, Pinsonault of Dorset, and Satcowitz of Randolph 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | Referred to Committee on 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date: 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Subject: Health; telehealth; recordings; consent 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to allow 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | telehealth appointments to be recorded if both the patient and the provider 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | consent. 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | An act relating to allowing telehealth appointments to be recorded with 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | patient and provider consent 19 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.84 |
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| 28 | 28 | | VT LEG #378763 v.1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 1. 18 V.S.A. § 9361 is amended to read: 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | § 9361. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS DELIVERING HEALTH CARE 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SERVICES THROUGH TELEMEDICINE OR BY STORE -AND- 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | FORWARD MEANS 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | * * * 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (d) Neither a health care provider nor a patient shall create or cause to be 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | created a recording of a provider’s telemedicine consultation with a patient 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | unless both the patient and the provider consent to the recording. 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | * * * 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Sec. 2. 18 V.S.A. § 9362 is amended to read: 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | § 9362. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS DELIVERING HEALTH CARE 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SERVICES BY AUDIO-ONLY TELEPHONE 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | * * * 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d) Neither a health care provider nor a patient shall create or cause to be 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | created a recording of a provider’s telephone consultation with a patient unless 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | both the patient and the provider consent to the recording. 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | * * * 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act shall take effect on passage. 20 |
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