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WV HB3085
Bill
Status
3/3/2025
Primary Sponsor
Matthew Rohrbach
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AI Summary
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Requires all health benefit plans to cover oral health procedures necessary for or resulting from cancer treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunotherapy, and biotherapy
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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
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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
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Pharmacists must be notified of qualifying medications through a unique identifier on prescriptions since medications cannot be billed with modifiers in West Virginia
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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