Background Telemedicine is the use of telecommunications to provide medical diagnosis and patient care in areas that are a distance from the health care provider. The Legislature extended the pilot program in 1998 and 1999. The pilot program is designed to provide medical services in medically underserved areas, including Flagstaff, Show Low, St. Johns, Page and Prescott, through the use of telecommunications between urban sites and rural communities.
Emphasis is placed on providing services to low income, indigent and uninsured persons.
Available services include primary care, preventive care, specialty care and consultation and behavioral health services. Provides for a general effective date. Amendments Adopted by the Appropriations Committee Eliminates the capital project grant program.