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This bill promotes a resilient health care system that puts patients first. Key provisions include: - Allowing nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, and psychiatric nurse mental health clinical specialists to have independent practice authority and issue prescriptions after 2 years of supervised practice. - Requiring telehealth coverage by state-regulated health plans, including for behavioral health, chronic disease management, and primary care services, with requirements around reimbursement rates and network adequacy. - Establishing a rare disease advisory council and an advisory council on pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders. - Providing enhanced Medicaid payments to certain eligible hospitals. - Requiring health plans to cover COVID-19 testing and treatment without cost-sharing. The bill aims to expand access to health services, especially through telehealth, while also supporting health care providers and facilities serving vulnerable populations.

Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate)

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2984