Bill > A04024

This bill authorizes the delivery of telehealth services in schools by licensed providers, expanding the existing legal framework for school-based health services. Specifically, the bill amends the education law to include telehealth providers as a type of licensed school-based health service provider, allowing them to deliver health care services remotely to students in schools, school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, and charter schools. The bill requires the commissioner to develop comprehensive regulations for telehealth providers, which must address licensure requirements, billing and payment responsibilities, technology and privacy standards, staffing requirements, and service scope. Importantly, the regulations must ensure that telehealth services supplement, not replace, existing school health professionals like nurses and counselors. The bill also stipulates that telehealth services can only be provided with written parental consent, and that the cost of these services shall not be a charge to the school district. The legislation aims to expand access to health services for students by allowing remote healthcare delivery while maintaining strict oversight and quality standards. The bill will take effect 180 days after becoming law, with immediate authorization for developing necessary regulations.

Education

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4024