---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act relating to insurance coverage for telemedicine services delivered in or outside a health care facility"
description: "An act relating to insurance coverage for telemedicine services delivered in or outside a health care facility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/vt"
legislature: "Vermont General Assembly"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "S. 50"
citation: "Vermont S. 50 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Ingram"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/186882c2-39f4-45e0-abef-becfbdc456ad"
source_url: "http://legislature.vermont.gov/bill/loadBillDetailedStatus/2018/861"
source_hash: "1ead2b8188440ae3dd43fd579f30692ba7fc99ba8ec7578e149caecc1cf691f3"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-vt"]
---

# Vermont S. 50 (2017-2018) — An act relating to insurance coverage for telemedicine services delivered in or outside a health care facility

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0050/S-0050%20As%20Introduced.pdf)
2. **Act Summary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT064/ACT064%20Act%20Summary.pdf)
3. **As Enacted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/ACTS/ACT064/ACT064%20As%20Enacted.pdf)
4. **Official** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0050/S-0050%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Official.pdf)
5. **Unofficial** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legislature.vermont.gov/assets/Documents/2018/Docs/BILLS/S-0050/S-0050%20As%20Passed%20by%20the%20Senate%20Unofficial.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Deborah Ingram — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-26** Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Finance `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Committee on Finance relieved; bill committed to Committee on Health and Welfare on motion of Senator Cummings
- **2017-02-21** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee onHealth and Welfare
- **2017-02-22** New Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-22** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-02-23** Unfinished Business/Second Reading
- **2017-02-23** Favorable report with recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-02-23** Read second time, reported favorably with recommendation of amendment by Senator Lyons for Committee on Health and Welfare
- **2017-02-23** Recommendation of amendment by Committee on Health and Welfare agreed to
- **2017-02-23** 3rd reading ordered
- **2017-02-24** New Business/Third Reading
- **2017-02-24** Read 3rd time & passed `passage`
- **2017-03-01** Read First Time and Referred to the Committee on Health Care
- **2017-04-18** Read Second Time
- **2017-04-18** Rep. Christensen of Weathersfield reported for the committee on Health Care
- **2017-04-18** Report of Committee on Health Care agreed to.
- **2017-04-18** Third Reading Ordered
- **2017-04-19** Read Third time and Passed in Concurrence with Proposal of Amendment `passage`
- **2017-04-20** House message House passed bill in concurrence with proposal(s) of amendment
- **2017-04-21** House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-24** New Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-25** Unfinished Business/House Proposal of Amendment
- **2017-04-25** House proposal of amendment; text
- **2017-04-25** House proposal of amendment not concurred in; Committee of Conference requested, on motion of Senator Ayer
- **2017-04-26** Committee of Conference appointed: Senators Ayer, Lyons, and Ingram
- **2017-04-27** Senate Message, House proposal of amendment not concurred in and committee of conference appointed
- **2017-04-27** Speaker appointed Briglin of Thetford, Copeland-Hanzas of Bradford and Christensen of Weathersfield as members of the Committee of Conference on the part of the House
- **2017-04-28** House message House appointed Conference Committee members
- **2017-05-04** Rules Suspended and Taken up for Immediate Consideration as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-04** Committee of Conference report adopted (Senate bill) `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Rules suspended and bill messaged forthwith to the Senate as moved by Rep. Savage of Swanton
- **2017-05-05** House message House adopted Conference Committee report
- **2017-05-08** Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-10** New Business/Committee of Conference Report
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report submitted by Senator Ingram for Committee, text
- **2017-05-10** Committee of Conference report adopted
- **2017-05-10** As passed by Senate and House `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Rules suspended & messaged to House forthwith, on motion of Senator Mazza
- **2017-06-01** Delivered to Governor on 6/1/17
- **2017-06-07** Signed by Governor on 6/7/17 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-07** Signed by Governor on June 7, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/186882c2-39f4-45e0-abef-becfbdc456ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Vermont legislature records).