Colorado Senate Passes Telehealth Bill; New Jersey Pitches 3 Measures

Colorado senators voted 33-0 Tuesday to pass a telehealth bill (SB-212) that would expand Medicaid reimbursement. It goes next to the House. New Jersey legislators introduced three telemedicine bills Monday. A-4215 would extend the state’s emergency telehealth law and executive order until 90 days following the end of the COVID-19 crisis. S-2556 would extend them for another year afterward. S-2559 would require reimbursement for telehealth to be equal to reimbursement for equivalent in-person services. Current law requires telehealth reimbursement up to the amount of in-person services.