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WV HB3085

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Matthew Rohrbach

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Origin

House of Delegates

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires all health benefit plans to cover oral health procedures necessary for or resulting from cancer treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, and biotherapy

  • Mandates coverage for evaluations, examinations, medications, treatments, restoration, rehabilitation, medical devices, and prostheses needed to restore functions related to eating, breathing, voice, speech, and swallowing after cancer treatment

  • Establishes a specific billing modifier ("West Virginia Code §33-64-1") that healthcare providers must use with applicable billing codes to signify coverage eligibility for cancer-related dental and oral health procedures

  • Pharmacists must be notified of qualifying medications through a unique identifier on prescriptions since medications cannot be billed with modifiers in West Virginia

  • Effective July 1, 2026, applying to all health insurance contracts not exempt from the Affordable Care Act

Legislative Description

Oral health cancer rights

Health

Last Action

To House Banking and Insurance

3/6/2025

Committee Referrals

Banking & Insurance3/6/2025
Finance3/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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