Ohio HB709 requires private insurers to cover telehealth mental health services equally to in-person services.

Ohio HB709 mandates that private insurers provide coverage for telehealth mental health services on the same basis as in-person services. This includes outpatient mental health services such as preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and palliative interventions. The bill also ensures that health benefit plans cannot exclude coverage for services solely because they are provided as telehealth services. Additionally, health plan issuers must reimburse health care professionals for covered telehealth services.

Ohio HB709 requires private insurers to cover telehealth mental health services equally to in-person services.

Ohio HB709 mandates that private insurers provide coverage for telehealth mental health services on the same basis as in-person services. This includes outpatient mental health services such as preventative, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, and palliative interventions. The bill also ensures that health benefit plans cannot exclude coverage for services solely because they are provided as telehealth services. Additionally, health plan issuers must reimburse health care professionals for covered telehealth services.