Epstein Becker Green has released their annual "Telemental Health Laws Survey," a review of behavioral telehealth legislation, regulation and policies for the 50 US states, DC, and Puerto Rico. The report noted a trend of increased government attention on behavioral telehealth, specifically in the context of COVID-19 and emergency orders at the state level. The report found that "all states required telehealth providers to hold a state professional license, while 10 issue special telemedicine licenses to out-of-state physicians that sidestep the need for a full professional license. A growing number of states are allowing non-controlled substances to be prescribed through telehealth without a prior in-person examination, and about half of them have data privacy or confidentially measures in place that go above and beyond requiring health care providers merely to follow federal and state privacy/confidentiality requirements pertaining to medicine."