2015 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 44 - (Public Health) HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
4406-G - Telehealth delivery of services.

  4406-g.  Telehealth  delivery  of services. 1. A health maintenance
  organization shall not exclude from coverage a service that is otherwise
  covered under an enrollee contract of a health maintenance  organization
  because the service is delivered via telehealth, as that term is defined
  in  subdivision  two  of  this section; provided, however, that a health
  maintenance organization may exclude from coverage a service by a health
  care provider where the provider is  not  otherwise  covered  under  the
  enrollee  contract.  A  health  maintenance organization may subject the
  coverage  of  a  service  delivered  via  telehealth   to   co-payments,
  coinsurance  or deductibles provided that they are at least as favorable
  to the enrollee as those established  for  the  same  service  when  not
  delivered  via telehealth. A health maintenance organization may subject
  the coverage  of  a  service  delivered  via  telehealth  to  reasonable
  utilization  management  and  quality  assurance  requirements  that are
  consistent  with  those  established  for  the  same  service  when  not
  delivered via telehealth.
2.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  "telehealth"  means  the use of
  electronic information and communication technologies by a  health  care
  provider  to  deliver  health  care  services  to an enrollee while such
  enrollee is located at a site that is different from the site where  the
  health care provider is located.