{"id":"ND-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"North Dakota","state":"ND","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Doug Burgum","authority":"N.D. Const. art. V, § 1; N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-05.1","title":"Amended licensure suspension; telehealth: audio-only permitted, insurers must cover virtual check-ins and e-visits without cost sharing","dateIssued":"2020-03-20","effective":"2020-03-20; for the duration of the declared state of emergency","end":"2021-04-30 (EO 2021-09 lists EO 2020-05.1 among orders superseded or no longer necessary)","startDate":"2020-03-20","endDate":"2021-04-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["health care and behavioral health professionals","hospitals and health care facilities","insurance carriers"],"clause":"The \u0027audio-only\u0027 provision of NDCC § 26.1-36-09.15 (1)(g)(3) is hereby suspended. Telehealth services shall be provided... to include audio-only telehealth services. Insurance carriers shall cover virtual check-ins and e-visits for established patients... Insurance carriers shall not subject telehealth coverage, including virtual check-ins and e-visits for established patients, to deductible, coinsurance, copayment or other cost sharing provisions.","enforcement":"Suspension order binding insurance carriers; \u0027The North Dakota Insurance Commissioner may issue guidance\u0027","functions":["TM telehealth","IN insurance (payer rules)","HR credentialing","CL clinical intake"],"notes":"Physician practices, behavioral health, insurers: the State compelled coverage of telehealth and waived cost sharing; codified in part by HB 1465 § 2 (2021).","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.nd.gov/sites/www/files/documents/executive-orders/Executive%20Order%202020-05.01.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":181413,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"ND","url":"/library/ND-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/ND-006","citation":"Governor Doug Burgum, Executive Order 2020-05.1 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. ND-006)","stateName":"North Dakota","related":["ND-005","ND-007","ND-004","ND-009","ND-010","ND-002","ND-003","ND-011","ND-012","ND-001","ND-008","ND-015"]}