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1998 SESSION

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SB 86 Health care plan for state employees; coverage for diabetes.

Introduced by: Charles J. Colgan | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY:

Health care plan for state employees; accident and sickness insurance; coverage for diabetes. Requires the health care plan for state employees, health insurers, health care subscription plans and health maintenance organizations to provide coverage for diabetes. The coverage required includes benefits for the 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 this bill, diabetes outpatient self-management training and education must be provided by a certified, registered or licensed health care professional with expertise in diabetes. The bill's provisions would be applicable to accident and sickness insurance policies and plans issued on and after July 1, 1998.


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