N.Y. Public Health Law § 2999-ee: Increased application of telehealth

§ 2999-ee. Increased application of telehealth. In order to increase

the application of telehealth in behavioral health, oral health,

maternity care, care management, services provided in emergency

departments, and services provided to certain high-need populations to

the extent such services are deemed appropriate for the populations

served, and notwithstanding the definitions set forth in section

twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-cc of this article, in consultation with

the commissioner of the office of children and family services, the

commissioner of the office of mental health, the commissioner of the

office of addiction services and supports, or the commissioner of the

office for people with developmental disabilities, as applicable, the

commissioner may specify in regulation additional acceptable modalities

for the delivery of health care services via telehealth, including but

not limited to audio-only or video-only telephone communications, online

portals and survey applications, and may specify additional categories

of originating sites at which a patient may be located at the time

health care services are delivered to the extent such additional

modalities and originating sites are deemed appropriate for the

populations served.