Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the regulation of telemedicine by professional licensing boards.

Highlights:

• Authorizes the regulation of telemedicine by professional licensing boards (Sec. 3).

• Defines “telemedicine” as the delivery of health care services to a patient by a health care provider who is at a different location, through synchronous interactions, asynchronous interactions or remote patient monitoring (Sec. 1).

• Defines “synchronous interactions” as a two-way or multiple-way exchange of information between a patient and a health care provider that occurs in real time via audio or video conferencing (Sec. 1).

• Defines “asynchronous interaction” as an exchange of information between a patient and a health care provider that does not occur in real time, including the secure collection and transmission of a patient's medical information (Sec. 1).

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