Telehealth Model Legislation—A Comparison of AMA, FSMB and ULC Model Bills and Guidelines

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic spurred a drastic increase in telehealth utilization across the country, which meaningfully changed the way providers deliver care and illuminated novel state telehealth policy design challenges. As the U.S. shifts into a new care paradigm where telehealth is more commonly used to deliver care, states are actively reviewing and updating their telehealth policies, laws and regulations to enable expanded use of telehealth.

The American Medical Association (AMA), Uniform Law Commission (ULC) and Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) have recently developed model telehealth bills and guidelines for states to consider when refining their post-public health emergency (post-PHE) telehealth laws, policies and regulations. The AMA is a professional organization that represents physicians and...