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SB 867 Health insurance; coverage for certain foods for individuals diagnosed as having phenylketonuria.

Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Coverage for certain foods; phenylketonuria. Requires each (i) insurer issuing individual or group accident and sickness insurance policies providing hospital, medical and surgical, or major medical coverage on an expense-incurred basis; (ii) corporation providing individual or group accident and sickness subscription contracts; and (iii) health maintenance organization providing a health care plan for health care services, whose policy, contract' or plan, including any certificate or evidence of coverage issued in connection with such policy, contract' or plan, includes coverage for prescription drugs on an outpatient basis to provide coverage for low protein (low phenylalanine) foods prescribed for the treatment of phenylketonuria and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for such treatment.


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