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Telehealth Bill Praised At Florida Senate Hearing

Posted: October 29, 2019

Floridapolitics.com reported that the Florida Telehealth bill was praised at the recent Senate hearing. Art Cooksey, CEO and Founder of Let’s Talk Interactive, was present at the hearing and praised the passage of 2019’s House Bill 23 at a meeting of the Senate Children, Families and Elder Affairs Committee.

Mr. Cooksey stated, “you’re putting together those rails that are really in need to take a technology like this, make sure it’s HIPAA-compliant, make sure that we’re staying within the health care regulations that we need to stay within so that this is safe, it’s secure and it’s a new way for people to connect.”

Let’s Talk Interactive is a complete end-to-end Telehealth solutions provider, arming medical and behavioral health professionals with cutting-edge HIPAA video conferencing software, kiosks, medical carts, network solutions, virtual clinics, and safe and secure online video conferencing. On August 8, 2019, Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis announced the installation of Let's Talk Interactive Telehealth portals in 63 public schools throughout six counties in Northwest Florida to provide mental health services to students still recovering from Hurricane Michael.