House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.

Eliminates subsections (b) through (i) of proposed GS 58-50-305, which set forth several requirements and limitations of health benefit plans concerning telehealth coverage. Now prohibits a health benefit plan from excluding from coverage a covered health care service or procedure delivered by a preferred or contracted health professional to a covered patient as a telehealth service solely because the service or procedure is not provided through an in-person consultation (was, referred to services generally and more broadly prohibited exclusion from coverage on grounds that the services are not being provided through in-person consultation or in-person delivery of services). Adds that a health benefit plan can require a deductible, a copayment, or coinsurance for a covered health care service or procedure delivered by a preferred or contracted health professional to a covered patient as a telehealth service, but prohibits the amount from exceeding the same required for the covered health care service or procedure provided through an in-person consultation (previously required telehealth coverage and reimbursement to be equivalent to the coverage and reimbursement for the same service provided in person).