{"id":"WA-021","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jay Inslee (health carriers regulated by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner)","authority":"RCW 43.06.220(1)(h) and (2); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW","instrument":"Proclamation 20-29","title":"Telemedicine (waiver of ESSB 5385 effective date; prohibitions on health carriers)","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-25","end":"Waiver to midnight April 24, 2020 by its terms; extended by 20-29.1 through 20-29.10 (2020-2021)","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["health carriers","health care providers"],"clause":"the following specific language of ESSB 5385, Section 1 is hereby waived and suspended until midnight on [April 24, 2020]... I also prohibit the following activities by health carriers to encourage health care providers to provide [telemedicine services, including denying payment parity for telemedicine]","enforcement":"RCW 43.06.220(5); OIC enforcement","functions":["TM telehealth under waivers","CL clinical intake","CB patients and payers","IN insurance"],"notes":"Paired with OIC Emergency Orders 20-01 and 20-02 (Ex. WA-096); compelled carriers to pay for telemedicine at parity while in-person care was restricted by 20-24.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/20-29%20Coronovirus%20OIC%20(tmp).pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":205132,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-021","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-021","citation":"Governor Jay Inslee (health carriers regulated by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner), Proclamation 20-29 (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. WA-021)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-096"]}