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1995 SESSION

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(HB2583)

AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE COMMITTEE ON CORPORATIONS, INSURANCE AND BANKING

    1. Page 1, introduced, line 23

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        all of lines 23 through 25

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        "Emergency services" means those health care services that are rendered by affiliated or nonaffiliated providers after the sudden onset of a medical condition that manifests itself by symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected by a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to result in (i) serious jeopardy to the mental or physical health of the individual, or (ii) danger of serious impairment of the individual's bodily functions, or (iii) serious disfunction of any of the individual's bodily organs, or (iv) in the case of a pregnant woman, serious jeopardy to the health of the fetus. Emergency services provided within the plan's service area shall include covered health care services from nonaffiliated providers only when delay in receiving care from a provider affiliated with the health maintenance organization could reasonably be expected to cause the enrollee's condition to worsen if left unattended.