AN ACT ALLOWING OUT-OF-STATE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE TELEHEALTH SERVICES TO A RESIDENT OF ANOTHER STATE WHILE SUCH RESIDENT IS IN THIS STATE.
To allow, on a permanent basis, a person, who is appropriately licensed as a behavioral health provider in another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia, to provide telehealth services to a resident of another state while such resident is in this state, provided the behavioral health provider (1) has a preexisting professional relationship with such resident; and (2) maintains professional liability insurance, or other indemnity against liability for professional malpractice, in an amount that is equal to or greater than that required for behavioral health providers licensed pursuant to chapter 383b of the general statutes.
Introduced by:
Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, 18th Dist.