IN SB0166 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression
Action: 2019-01-31 - Senator Stoops added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2019 - 25% progression
Action: 2019-01-31 - Senator Stoops added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Treatment of Lyme disease. Requires that, if an individual is diagnosed with Lyme disease or a related tick borne disease, state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts must provide coverage for Lyme disease or a related tick borne disease testing and treatment that is prescribed by a health care provider. Provides that a health care provider may not be subject to discipline solely because the health care provider prescribed, administered, or dispensed a long term antibiotic treatment for the treatment of Lyme disease or a tick borne disease. Requires a health
Title
Treatment of Lyme disease. Requires that, if an individual is diagnosed with Lyme disease or a related tick borne disease, state employee health plans, Medicaid, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts must provide coverage for Lyme disease or a related tick borne disease testing and treatment that is prescribed by a health care provider. Provides that a health care provider may not be subject to discipline solely because the health care provider prescribed, administered, or dispensed a long term antibiotic treatment for the treatment of Lyme disease or a tick borne disease. Requires a health
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-01-31 | Senate | Senator Stoops added as coauthor |
2019-01-03 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services |
2019-01-03 | Senate | Authored by Senator Lanane |
Indiana State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/166/ |
Text | http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/5/7/d/957da3b8/SB0166.01.INTR.pdf |