IN SB0422 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-16 - Senator Stoops added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-16 - Senator Stoops added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions 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 care provider or health care provider's designee who orders a laboratory test for the presence of Lyme disease to provide the patient or the patient's legal representative with certain written information concerning Lyme disease.
Title
Treatment of Lyme disease.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-01-16 | Senate | Senator Stoops added as coauthor |
2020-01-15 | Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions |
2020-01-15 | Senate | Authored by Senator Lanane |
Indiana State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/422/details |
Text | http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/d/8/f/dd8fbaa1/SB0422.01.INTR.pdf |