The articles of the Health Law that are sought to be modified are the following:

• Article 5: Which details the basic services contemplated by the right to health, such as health promotion, preventive medicine, sexual and reproductive health services, among others. And it would seek to include remote medical care.
• Article 6: Which provides the definitions of technical terms related to medical care, also seeking to include the proposed terms: telehealth, telemedicine, electronic medical prescription.
• Article 10: Related to local guidelines for the development of health activities, and the importance of the Official Mexican Standards.
• Article 12: On the rights of users of health services.
• Article 14: On the informed participation of citizens, the community and officials in health programs and in the provision of services.
• Article 19: On the powers of the Government of Mexico City in matters of health.
• Article 111: Which details aspects of financing and development of programs and establishments within the Ministry of Health.

The proposal was turned over to the Health Commission, where it will be analyzed and ruled on in the future.

Previously, in February 2021, the deputy of the Congress of Mexico City, Jesús Fuentes Gómez, urged the Digital Agency for Public Innovation in coordination with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, both from Mexico City, the design of a Digital Government policy that promotes the implementation of telemedicine in the city.