As used in this section: “Annual limit” means a dollar limitation on the total amount that may be paid for benefits in a twelve-month period under a health plan with respect to an individual or other coverage unit; “Clinical staff” means an individual on the community mental health center staff who performs as a part […]
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to encourage consumers to avail themselves of basic levels of benefits under group health insurance policies and contracts for the care and treatment of alcohol and other drug dependency, and to preserve the rights of the consumer to select the coverage according to the consumer’s medical-economic needs. Availability […]
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any insurer providing individual, franchise, blanket or group policy of insurance issued pursuant to this title that provides hospital expense and surgical or medical expense insurance and/or that is entered into, delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state after January 1, 1989, shall offer to provide […]
After January 1, 1983, every insurer that proposes to issue a group policy or contract in this state and every nonprofit hospital and medical service plan corporation that proposes to issue a group service plan contract in this state that provides maternity benefits shall make available benefits for pediatric nursery care of newly born children. […]
As used in this section: “Health insurance carrier” means a company or other legal entity whose health benefit policies, programs, or contracts are subject to this section; and “Patient with diabetes” means a person with elevated blood glucose levels that has been diagnosed as having diabetes by an appropriately licensed health care professional. Notwithstanding any […]
The general assembly finds that chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease that may cause serious complications in persons infected with it, including pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy. Pregnant women infected with chlamydia may suffer from symptoms such as stillbirths, low birth weight babies, and other serious physical and mental complications for their infants. […]
