BILL · 2019–20 SESSION · LATEST VERSION 2ESSB 5389
SB 5389: Telehealth program/youth
Establishing a telehealth training and treatment program to assist youth.
Summary
Expands the telehealth training and consultation pilot program (pilot program) established in the 2019-2021 Omnibus Operating Appropriations Act from two school districts to four school districts and extends it through the 2023-2024 school year.
Directs the four selected school districts to notify students and students' families of their participation in the pilot program, and to collect specified data.
Requires a report to the Legislature with data on the pilot program, impacts of further expanding the pilot program, and recommendations on eight specified issues, including training, involvement of students' families, development of a directory and reimbursement model for teleconsultation providers, liability, and funding.
From the Second Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (2ESSB 5389), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗
Did not passDid not pass · passed Senate, stalled in House