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2004 SESSION

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SB 224 Medical treatment options; physician disclosure.

Introduced by: Henry L. Marsh III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Physician disclosure of medical treatment options. Authorizes physicians to disclose fully all medical treatment options to patients whether or not (i) such treatment options are experimental or covered services, (ii) the treatment options include services that the health insurer will not authorize, or (iii) the costs of the treatment will be borne by the health insurer or the patient, if the physician determines that an option is in the best interest of the patient. This bill also prohibits health insurers from limiting, restricting, or prohibiting physicians from disclosing such information. Physicians who disclose such information to persons with whom they have a physician-patient relationship are immune from liability to any health insurer, in an action instituted solely on behalf of the health insurer, for any civil damages arising from the disclosure of such information.


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