Florida lawmakers recently passed the bill, which allows licensed providers outside of Florida to treat Florida residents through telehealth as long as the providers register with the state. Currently, in-state physicians pay a $350 application fee and $355 for their initial licenses, according to the report. However, out-of-state providers are not required to pay a fee.
The fees for out-of-state providers were supposed to be determined in a separate bill, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed the legislation, which would have required the state’s health department’s medical boards to charge out-of-state telehealth providers $150 to register with Florida. He said the fees would have undersold efforts to provide a less costly model to deliver healthcare services, according to the report.
The Florida Medical Association, which represents physicians across the state, said it felt like the proposed $150 fee was “too low,” the organization’s general counsel Jeff Scott told the publication.
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