TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES DIVISION 7: INSURANCE
§ 7804. Reimbursement Parity. For purposes of reimbursement and payment, a health insurance issuer shall compensate the mental and/or behavioral health services provider for services delivered by telehealth on the same basis and at the same payment rate the health insurer would apply to the services if the services had been delivered by an inperson encounter by the mental or behavioral health services provider. Nothing in this section is intended to limit the ability of a health insurance issuer and a provider to voluntarily negotiate alternate payment rates for mental and/or behavioral health services delivered through telehealth. Nothing in this section is intended to require reimbursement for services delivered through telehealth to be unbundled from other bundled risk-based payments. Source: PL 23-13, § 2 (Nov. 22, 2023). Commission Comment: Legislative Findings.—For Findings and Purposes of PL 23-13, see Commission comment to 4 CMC § 7801.