Bill > SB1038

This bill directs the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) to create and distribute educational training guidelines for healthcare providers specifically focused on conducting telehealth visits for patients with disabilities. The training is meant to help healthcare professionals better understand how to provide high-quality remote medical care to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By developing these best practice guidelines, the bill aims to improve the accessibility and quality of telehealth services for a population that may have unique communication or healthcare needs. The bill appears to be a recommendation from the Joint Commission on Health Care, suggesting it emerged from a collaborative policy review process aimed at addressing potential gaps in healthcare service delivery for patients with disabilities.

Health and Social Services

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1038