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2009 SESSION

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SB 645 Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components.

Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health insurance; mandated coverage for prosthetic devices and components. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans, and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for the cost of prosthetic devices and components, if the treating physician certifies the medical necessity of the prosthetic device and component as a proposed course of treatment. The coverage shall, at a minimum, equal the coverage provided under provisions of the federal Medicare program. SB 13 is incorporated into this bill.


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