{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-21.42.422","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 21.42.422","heading":"Coverage for telehealth.","body":"(a) A health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, or renews in the state a health care insurance plan in the group or individual market shall provide coverage for benefits provided through telehealth by a health care provider licensed in this state and may not require that prior in-person contact occur between a health care provider and a patient before payment is made for covered services.\n(b) In this section,\n(1) “health care insurer” means a person transacting the business of health care insurance, including an insurance company licensed under AS 21.09, a hospital or medical service corporation licensed under AS 21.87, a fraternal benefit society licensed under AS 21.84, a health maintenance organization licensed under AS 21.86, the Comprehensive Health Insurance Association described in AS 21.55.010, a multiple employer welfare arrangement, a church plan, and a governmental plan, except for a nonfederal governmental plan that elects to be excluded under 42 U.S.C. 300gg-21(a)(2) (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996);\n(2) “telehealth” has the meaning given in AS 47.05.270(e).","path":["Title 21. Insurance.","Chapter 42. The Insurance Contract.","Article 2. Specific Coverage Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#21.42.422","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:40Z","sha256":"3cce93fe5f7f9525254ea8a348e64a974bedf44a2958b3988e15b990fa5600eb","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-21.42.420","next":"us-ak/as-21.42.425"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}