Utah Tele-Mental Health Bill Wins Committee Approval

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates A bill that would allow mental health and substance abuse providers to treat patients remotely via videoconferencing, the Internet or other technologies cleared its first legislative hurdle on Tuesday, January 29th. Tele-mental health is already happening in Utah, said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Ronda Menlove, R-Garland. But it isn't expressly allowed under the law. HB56 would give state regulators the authority to stop rogue, unlicensed behavioral health providers from remotely marketing their services to unwitting patients. This was reported by The Salt Lake Tribune on January 29, 2013. Contact information . . .