§ 2999-dd. Telehealth delivery of services. 1. Health care services delivered by means of telehealth shall be entitled to reimbursement under section three hundred sixty-seven-u of the social services law; provided however, reimbursement for additional modalities, provider categories and originating sites specified in accordance with section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-ee of this article, and audio-only telephone communication defined in regulations promulgated pursuant to subdivision four of section twenty-nine hundred ninety-nine-cc of this article, shall be contingent upon federal financial participation. 2. The department of health, the office of mental health, the office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, and the office for people with developmental disabilities shall coordinate on the issuance of a single guidance document, to be updated as appropriate, that shall: (a) identify any differences in regulations or policies issued by the agencies, including with respect to reimbursement pursuant to section three hundred sixty-seven-u of the social services law; and (b) be designed to assist consumers, providers, and health plans in understanding and facilitating the appropriate use of telehealth in addressing barriers to care. 3. (a) Dental telehealth services shall adhere to the standards of appropriate patient care required in other dental health care settings, including but not limited to appropriate patient examination, taking of x-rays, and review of a patient's medical and dental history. All dental telehealth providers shall identify themselves to patients, including providing the professional's New York state license number. No dental telehealth provider shall attempt to waive liability for its telehealth services in advance of delivering such telehealth services and no dental telehealth provider shall attempt to prevent a patient from filing any complaint with any governmental agency or authority.

(b) This subdivision shall not be construed to diminish requirements for other telehealth services. 4. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to allow any person to provide any service for which a license, registration, certification or other authorization under title eight of the education law is required and which the person does not possess.