The Pennsylvania Senate has approved a telemedicine bill aimed at overcoming distance-related barriers to patient care and reducing costs of services. The bill sets out a definition of telemedicine as "the delivery of health care services provided through telecommunications technology to a patient by a health care practitioner who is at a different location." The bill directs licensing boards to develop rules related to scope of practice and standards of care to allow anyone with a Pennsylvania medical license to provide telemedicine services. The bill also sets out requirements for insurance company reimbursement for telemedicine services.