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Executive Order 2020-05.1

Amended licensure suspension; telehealth: audio-only permitted, insurers must cover virtual check-ins and e-visits without cost sharing

Governor Doug Burgum · North Dakota (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
North Dakota
Level
State
Authority
N.D. Const. art. V, § 1; N.D.C.C. ch. 37-17.1
Issued
2020-03-20 Mar. 20, 2020
Effective
2020-03-20; for the duration of the declared state of emergency (read as 2020-03-20)
End
2021-04-30 (EO 2021-09 lists EO 2020-05.1 among orders superseded or no longer necessary) (read as 2021-04-30)
In force
Mar. 20, 2020 to Apr. 30, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
Limitation types
Health care ordersOther
Addressees
  • health care and behavioral health professionals
  • hospitals and health care facilities
  • insurance carriers
Functions reached
  • TM telehealth
  • IN insurance (payer rules)
  • HR credentialing
  • CL clinical intake
Collection
North Dakota ND

Operative words

The 'audio-only' 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; 'The North Dakota Insurance Commissioner may issue guidance'

Notes

Physician practices, behavioral health, insurers: the State compelled coverage of telehealth and waived cost sharing; codified in part by HB 1465 § 2 (2021).

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