This makes it sound like Texas is somehow leading the country in telemedicine. The real story here is that despite early progress in this area, doctor's groups

This makes it sound like Texas is somehow leading the country in telemedicine. The real story here is that despite early progress in this area, doctor's groups successfully lobbied to have heavy restrictions put on telemedicine in the past few sessions, because the legislature in Texas is generally up for sale to the highest bidder, and the bill that passed simply eases up on those.