{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York; Department of Financial Services","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Superintendent of Financial Services","authority":"N.Y. Ins. Law §§ 3217-h and 4306-g (telehealth parity); § 301","instrument":"Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020)","title":"Coronavirus and Telehealth Services","dateIssued":"2020-03-15","effective":"2020-03-15","end":"Not rescinded within the period; the emergency telehealth cost-sharing regulation (11 NYCRR 52 amendment) was renewed through 2021","startDate":"2020-03-15","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["all insurers authorized to write accident and health insurance in New York","Article 43 corporations","HMOs","student health plans","municipal cooperative health benefit plans","prepaid health services plans"],"clause":"As part of these containment efforts, telehealth is especially important as a replacement for in-person visits to a health care provider. The purpose of this circular letter is to advise insurers authorized to write accident and health insurance in this state, Article 43 corporations, health maintenance organizations, student health plans certified pursuant to Insurance Law § 1124, municipal cooperative health benefit plans (collectively \u0027issuers\u0027), and prepaid health services plans of coverage requirements for telehealth services.","enforcement":"N.Y. Ins. Law § 109 (penalties for violations of the Insurance Law and the Superintendent\u0027s directives); examination authority","functions":["IN health insurers (claims and network operations)","CB patients and payers of every health care provider (industries 01-04): telehealth reimbursement rules","TM telehealth"],"notes":"Directed issuers to cover telehealth on the same basis as in-person care and, with the 62nd amendment to 11 NYCRR 52 adopted on an emergency basis, to waive cost-sharing for in-network telehealth during the emergency.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/circular_letters/cl2020_06","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200330040450/https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/circular_letters/cl2020_06","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":69312,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002","citation":"Superintendent of Financial Services, Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002)","stateName":"New York","related":["AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-003","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-009","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-010","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-004","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-007","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-008","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-005"]}