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Massachusetts law extends protections for virtual behavioral health services
Author(s) -
Enos Gary
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32637
Subject(s) - telehealth , covid-19 , state (computer science) , health care , law , political science , business , psychology , internet privacy , telemedicine , computer science , medicine , disease , pathology , algorithm , infectious disease (medical specialty)
A patient protection bill Massachusetts state legislators finalized last month ensures that the telehealth services so critical to maintaining continuity of behavioral health care during the COVID‐19 crisis won't amount to a passing fancy.