(1) Subject to federal authorization and federal financial participation, on or after July 1, 2016, in-person contact between a health-care provider and a member is not required under the state's medical assistance program for the diagnosis, development of a treatment plan, instruction to perform an interim therapeutic restoration procedure, or supervision of a dental hygienist performing an interim therapeutic restoration procedure. A health-care provider may provide these services through telehealth, including store-and-forward transfer, and is entitled to reimbursement for the delivery of those services via telehealth to the extent the services are otherwise eligible for reimbursement under the program when provided in person. The services are subject to the reimbursement policies developed pursuant to the state medical assistance program.(2) As used in this section: (a) 'Interim therapeutic restoration' has the same meaning as set forth in section 12-220-104 (10).(b) 'Store-and-forward transfer' means the asynchronous transmission of medical or dental information to be reviewed by a dentist at a later time at a distant site without the patient present in real time.Amended by orward transfer' means the asynchronous transmission of medical or dental information to be reviewed by a dentist at a later time at a distant site without the patient present in real time.Amended by 2024 Ch. 152,§ 49, eff. 8/7/2024.Amended by 2021 Ch. 31, § 10, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by 2019 Ch. 136, § 182, eff. 10/1/2019.Added by 2015 Ch. 326, § 8, eff. 8/5/2015.L. 2015: Entire section added, (HB 15-1309), ch. 1334, p. 1334, § 8, effective August 5. L. 2019: (2) amended, (HB 19-1172), ch. 1709, p. 1709, § 182, effective October 1. L. 2021: (2)(b) amended, (SB 21 -102), ch. 130, p. 130, § 10, effective September 1.2024 Ch. 152, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).
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