California lawmakers are pushing a bill to develop a statewide policy for telehealth and telemedicine that will give students remote access to mental health services.
AB 2315, which is now headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, calls on the California Department of Education and Department of Health Care Services to develop connected care guidelines within two years for the state’s public schools, including charter schools.
The bill passed unanimously in both the Senate and State Assembly.
“For over a decade, schools across America have been looking to technology to solve patient access to care issues for their student body,” Debbie Look, a senior legislative advisor to the California Department of Education, wrote in a Senate analysis of the bill. “A desktop PC or laptop with a video link can connect small and rural schools with a nurse at the district's head office, or even to a doctor at a nearby hospital. A telehealth platform can also be used for behavioral health counseling.”
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