Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 541

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Relating to: provision of telehealth services by out-of-state health care providers.

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Introduced, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Passes Senate, stopped here
Governor signs, not reached
Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides that no mental health care provider may be required to be

licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise approved to practice in this state to

provide mental health services by telehealth to patients located in this state if the

mental health care provider satisfies certain conditions, including: 1) the mental

health care provider is licensed, registered, certified, or otherwise approved to

practice in the state that the provider is physically present in when providing

telehealth services; 2) the mental health care provider may provide telehealth

services in this state within the scope of his or her license, registration, certification,

or approval from the state from which the mental health care provider is providing

telehealth services; and 3) the mental health care provider informs the patient

whether the provider is licensed in this state, what state he or she is providing

telehealth services from, what states in which he or she is licensed, registered,

certified, or otherwise approved to practice, and which regulatory boards the patient

may contact to file a complaint. Under the bill, “mental health care provider” means

a physician, physician assistant, psychologist, registered professional nurse,

counselor, therapist, or social worker who, by education, training, and experience, is

qualified to provide mental health services to patients. Under current law,

“telehealth” means a practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation,

treatment, or transfer of medically relevant data by means of audio, video, or data

communications that are used either during a patient visit or a consultation or are

used to transfer medically relevant data about a patient, and includes asynchronous

telehealth services, interactive telehealth, and remote patient monitoring.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kitchens (R) , Magnafici (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Rozar (R) , Schmidt (R) , Wichgers (R)

7 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Krug (R) , Marklein (R) , Rettinger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Nov 9, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Nov 9, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Nov 9, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Dec 14, 2023 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 12, 2024 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 25–7 Jan 16, 2024 official source full page

Aye · 25

Nay · 7

Not voting · 1

Lena Taylor (4)

Full history

Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Dittrich, Kitchens, Magnafici, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Rozar, Schmidt and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ballweg, Bradley, Feyen and Marklein
Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
Nov 1, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Rettinger added as a coauthor
Nov 7, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson
Nov 8, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Gustafson
Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0
Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0
Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 10, Noes 5
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Read a second time
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Krug added as a coauthor
Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
Nov 15, 2023 · Senate
Received from Assembly
Nov 21, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
Dec 13, 2023 · Senate
Executive action taken
Dec 14, 2023 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
Dec 14, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
Jan 12, 2024 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
Jan 12, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Read a second time
Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 25, Noes 7
Jan 16, 2024 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
Jan 17, 2024 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 1-17-2024
Mar 26, 2024 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2024
Mar 29, 2024 · Assembly
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-29-2024
May 14, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-14-2024 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
May 15, 2024 · Assembly
Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82