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1998 SESSION
HB 931 Health insurance; coverage for dental procedures.
Introduced by: James M. Shuler | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Accident and sickness insurance; coverage for hospitalization and anesthesia for dental procedures. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations and corporations providing accident and sickness subscription contracts to provide coverage for general anesthesia and hospital charges for dental care provided to a covered person who (i) is under the age of five, (ii) is severely disabled, or (iii) has a medical condition and requires hospitalization or general anesthesia for dental care treatment. The bill also mandates coverage for general anesthesia and treatment rendered by a dentist for any medical condition covered under the contract, policy, or plan. The bill's provisions are applicable to policies, plans and contracts delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on and after July 1, 1998. They are not applicable to short-term travel, accident-only, limited or specified disease policies, or to short-term nonrenewable policies of not more than six months' duration.
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HISTORY
- 01/26/98 House: Presented & ordered printed 988501450
- 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)