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1998 SESSION

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HB 1398 Health insurance; coverage for diabetes.

Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Accident and sickness insurance; coverage for diabetes. Requires health insurers, health care subscription plans and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for diabetes. The coverage required includes benefits for equipment, supplies and outpatient self-management training and education, including medical nutrition therapy, required for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-using diabetes, gestational diabetes and non-insulin-using diabetes, if prescribed by a health care professional legally authorized to prescribe such items. To qualify for coverage under the provisions of this bill, diabetes outpatient self-management training and education must be provided by a certified, registered or licensed health care professional. The bill's provisions are applicable to policies and plans issued on and after July 1, 1998.

FULL TEXT

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 989822388  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/26/98  House: Presented & ordered printed 989822388
• 01/26/98  House: Referred to Committee on Corporations, Insurance and Banking
• 01/29/98  House: Continued to 1999 in C. I. B. (25-Y 0-N)