Ensures statewide telehealth access for recipients of licensed article thirty-one mental health outpatient treatment and rehabilitative services.

This bill codifies the right of licensed article thirty-one mental health outpatient treatment and rehabilitative service programs to deliver telehealth services to recipients without geographic restrictions. It ensures uniformity in regulatory interpretation across all regional field offices of the office of mental health and protects recipient access to mental health services by prohibiting county-based geographic service restrictions. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

Ensures statewide telehealth access for recipients of licensed article thirty-one mental health outpatient treatment and rehabilitative services.

This bill codifies the right of licensed article thirty-one mental health outpatient treatment and rehabilitative service programs to deliver telehealth services to recipients without geographic restrictions. It ensures uniformity in regulatory interpretation across all regional field offices of the office of mental health and protects recipient access to mental health services by prohibiting county-based geographic service restrictions. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this section.