SB270 Summary

• Prohibits insurers and vision care plans from requiring vision care providers to set fees limited by the insurer or plan, except for reimbursed covered services and materials.

• Prevents insurers and vision care plans from requiring vision care providers to participate with specific vision care plans as a condition of joining the insurer's provider panel.

• Restricts insurers and vision care plans from limiting vision care providers' choice of suppliers, sources, and optical labs in their practice.

• Requires reimbursements for covered services and materials to be reasonable and prohibits nominal reimbursement amounts used to claim coverage.

• Limits vision care plan contracts to a maximum of two years and requires vision care plans to notify individual providers before making changes to provider manuals.