{"id":"TX-049","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Department of Insurance, Commissioner of Insurance","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 2001.034 (emergency rulemaking); Tex. Ins. Code ch. 1455","instrument":"Emergency Rule, 28 TAC § 35.1 (Telemedicine and Telehealth Services), TDI No. 2020-6287","title":"Chapter 35, Subchapter A, COVID-19 Emergency Rules: Telemedicine and Telehealth Services","dateIssued":"2020-03-17","effective":"2020-03-17 (immediately)","end":"Emergency rule (120 days plus 60-day extension under § 2001.034); extension dates not verified","startDate":"2020-03-17","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["health benefit plan issuers","physicians and providers"],"clause":"The Commissioner of Insurance adopts new 28 TAC §35.1, concerning Telemedicine and Telehealth Services, on an emergency basis, effective immediately.... Under the rule, services that are the same must be reimbursed at the same rate whether provided in-person or through telemedicine. Similarly, the new rule does not permit health benefit plans to require documentation for telemedicine services beyond what the plan already requires for in-person services.","enforcement":"TDI enforcement against health benefit plans","functions":["TM telehealth under waivers","CL clinical intake (compelled shift to remote visits)","OF billing","CB payers"],"notes":"State insurance-regulator instrument that operated with GA-09\u0027s procedure postponement to move physician-practice visits to telemedicine","sourceUrl":"https://www.tdi.texas.gov/rules/2020/documents/20206287.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":121691,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-049","citation":"Texas Department of Insurance, Commissioner of Insurance, Emergency Rule, 28 TAC § 35.1 (Telemedicine and Telehealth Services), TDI No. 2020-6287 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-049)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-013","TX-042"]}