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Senate Amendment 5634

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2389 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  3 clause and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  514C.11  ACCESS TO
  1  5 FACILITIES BY PROVIDERS UNDER MANAGED CARE HEALTH
  1  6 PLANS OR INDEMNITY PLANS.
  1  7    1.  Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a managed care
  1  8 health plan or indemnity plan with a limited provider
  1  9 network shall accept both of the following as
  1 10 providers or locations for provision of services:
  1 11    a.  A provider licensed under Title IV, subtitle 3,
  1 12 who agrees to the conditions of the provider contract
  1 13 required by the managed care health plan or indemnity
  1 14 plan notwithstanding that the provider maintains
  1 15 medical staff privileges in a rural hospital if the
  1 16 point of delivery of services is located in a rural
  1 17 county.
  1 18    b.  A rural hospital if the hospital agrees to the
  1 19 conditions of the provider contract and the fees
  1 20 established under the contract for specific services
  1 21 as required by the managed care health plan or
  1 22 indemnity plan.
  1 23    2.  For the purposes of this section:
  1 24    a.  "Managed care health plan or indemnity plan
  1 25 with a limited provider network" means a health
  1 26 maintenance organization, organized delivery system,
  1 27 exclusive provider organization, point of service
  1 28 plan, standard indemnity insurance plan, or any
  1 29 similar plan providing for health care services.
  1 30    b.  "Rural county" means a county with a population
  1 31 of thirty-five thousand or less.
  1 32    c.  "Rural hospital" means a licensed hospital
  1 33 which is located in a rural county and which is the
  1 34 only hospital licensed in that county."
  1 35    #2.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
  1 36 word "physicians" the following:  "and other
  1 37 providers".  
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  1 41 PATTY JUDGE
  1 42 SF 2389.505 76
  1 43 mj/jw
     

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