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IN SB0303
Bill
Status
Engrossed
1/31/2012
Primary Sponsor
Beverly Gard
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AI Summary
- Prohibits dental insurers and health maintenance organizations from requiring dentists to accept insurer-set payment amounts for services that are not covered under a patient's policy
- Defines "covered services" as health care services eligible for any reimbursement under a policy, including those subject to deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, waiting periods, annual or lifetime maximums, frequency limitations, or other limitations
- Bars insurers from providing only minimal (de minimis) reimbursement or coverage as a workaround to avoid these requirements
- Exempts discount medical card program provider agreements from these restrictions
- Effective date of July 1, 2012
Legislative Description
Dental benefits.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance
2/9/2012
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