Since our last
Update, telemedicine bills in Alaska and Louisiana were
approved by their respective governors and signed into law. Alaska
SB 74, which enables out-of-state telehealth
providers to provide services via telemedicine if the physician or
another licensed health care provider in the physician's
practice group is available to provide follow-up care, was signed into law on July 11, 2016. Similarly,
Louisiana HB 570, a bill removing the state's current
requirement that a physician providing services via telemedicine
maintain an office or an arrangement with a physician who maintains
an office within the state and expressly permitting audio-only
telehealth, was signed by the governor on June 17, 2016.
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