Bill Text: WV SB242 | 2018 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Requiring health insurance providers provide coverage for certain Lyme disease treatment
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-23 - Chapter 124, Acts, Regular Session, 2018 [SB242 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-SB242-Engrossed.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2018 regular session
Engrossed
Senate Bill 242
By Senators Trump, Blair, Maroney, and Rucker
[Introduced January
11, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Health and Human Resources]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-6-38; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-15-4l; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-16-3x; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-25A-8l, all relating to requiring health insurance providers to provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy for a patient with Lyme disease.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 6. THE INSURANCE POLICY.
§33-6-38. Lyme disease to be covered by all health insurance policies.
All individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis and individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation shall provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy for a patient with Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results, or response to treatment.
ARTICLE 15. ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE.
§33-15-4p. Lyme disease to be covered by all health insurance policies.
Any insurer who, on or after January 1, 2019, delivers or issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance in this state under the provisions of this article shall make available as benefits to all subscribers and members coverage on an expense-incurred basis and individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation shall provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy for a patient with Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results, or response to treatment.
ARTICLE 16. GROUP ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS INSURANCE.
§33-16-3zz. Lyme disease to be covered by all health insurance policies.
Any insurer who, on or after January 1, 2019, delivers or issues a policy of group accident and sickness insurance in this state under the provisions of this article shall make available as benefits to all subscribers and members coverage on an expense-incurred basis and individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation shall provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy for a patient with Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results, or response to treatment.
ARTICLE 25A. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION ACT.
§33-25A-8p. Lyme disease to be covered by all health insurance policies.
A health maintenance organization issuing coverage in this state pursuant to the provisions of this article shall make available as benefits to all subscribers and members coverage on an expense-incurred basis and individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation shall provide coverage for long-term antibiotic therapy for a patient with Lyme disease when determined to be medically necessary and ordered by a licensed physician after making a thorough evaluation of the patient’s symptoms, diagnostic test results, or response to treatment.
