Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB438: Revise telehealth and telemedicine laws
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing for out-of-state provider registration; providing for registration requirements, ineligibility criteria, and notification requirements; providing for disciplinary authority by the department of labor and industry for violations; providing for a designation of service location and venue; providing exemptions to the registration requirement; providing for electronic submission of information; prohibiting an in-person appearance requirement for applicants; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; and amending section 37-3-103, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING FOR OUT-OF-STATE PROVIDER REGISTRATION; PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS, INELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR DISCIPLINARY AUTHORITY BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR A DESIGNATION OF SERVICE LOCATION AND VENUE; PROVIDING EXEMPTIONS TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT; PROVIDING FOR ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION; PROHIBITING AN IN-PERSON APPEARANCE REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND AMENDING SECTION 37-3-103, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Definitions. As used in [sections 1 through 9], unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply: (1) "Asynchronous" means an exchange of information regarding a patient, including the secure collection and transmission of a patient's medical information, clinical data, clinical images, laboratory results, or self-reported medical history, that does not occur in real time. (2) "Board" has the meaning provided in 37-1-130. (3) "Department" means the department of labor and industry provided for in 2-15-1701. (4) "Health care provider" has the meaning provided in 50-4-106. (5) "Health care services" has the meaning provided in 50-4-106. (6) "Remote patient monitoring" means the remote monitoring of a patient's vital signs, biometric data, or other objective or subjective data by a device that transmits the data electronically to a health care provider. (7) "Synchronous" means an …