South Dakota Statutes
§ 58-17-169 — Discrimination between coverage for services provided in person and through telehealth prohibited.
South Dakota § 58-17-169
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 58-17-169 (2026).
Text
A health insurance policy, contract, or plan providing for third-party payment may not discriminate between coverage benefits for health care services that are provided in person and the same health care services that are delivered through telehealth as long as the services are appropriate to be provided through telehealth. Nothing in §§ 58-17-167 to 58-17-170 , inclusive, prohibits a health insurer and a health care professional from entering into a contract for telehealth with terms subject to negotiation.
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Legislative History
SL 2019, ch 211, § 3.
Nearby Sections
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§ 58-1-1
Citation of title.§ 58-1-11
General saving clause.§ 58-1-13
Severability of provisions.§ 58-1-14
Notice of nonrenewal of policy must be mailed sixty days prior to renewal date--Exceptions.§ 58-1-14.1
Notice of refusal to renew--Thirty§ 58-1-16.1
Applicability of §§ 58-1-18
Repealed by SL 2012, ch 252, § 30.§ 58-1-2
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 58-17-169, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/58-17-169.