Text: HF02283 Text: HF02285 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 513C.8A COMMISSIONER'S AUTHORITY
1 2 – WELL-CHILD CARE.
1 3 1. Upon the commissioner's determination under section
1 4 513C.8 to include well-child care in basic or standard health
1 5 benefit coverage policies, the commissioner shall do all of
1 6 the following:
1 7 a. Adopt by rule requirements for the general provision of
1 8 coverage for benefits for routine well-child care.
1 9 b. Apply the requirement for coverage to all appropriate
1 10 entities providing individual health care benefits under the
1 11 jurisdiction of the commissioner.
1 12 2. In determining the requirements under subsection 1, the
1 13 commissioner shall consider all of the following:
1 14 a. The costs versus corresponding benefits of such
1 15 coverage.
1 16 b. Normally anticipated health problems and recommended
1 17 routine preventive care.
1 18 c. Continuity of coverage for any congenital defects and
1 19 birth abnormalities, injuries, or illnesses arising within the
1 20 well-child coverage period.
1 21 3. Well-child care coverage as provided for in this
1 22 section applies to an individual under seven years of age.
1 23 EXPLANATION
1 24 This bill provides that upon the commissioner's
1 25 determination under Code section 513C.8 to include well-child
1 26 care in basic or standard health benefit coverage policies,
1 27 the commissioner is to adopt by rule requirements for the
1 28 general provision of coverage for benefits for routine well-
1 29 child care, and apply the requirement for coverage to all
1 30 appropriate entities providing individual health care benefits
1 31 under the jurisdiction of the commissioner. In determining
1 32 the requirements for such coverage the commissioner is to
1 33 consider the costs versus corresponding benefits of such
1 34 coverage, normally anticipated health problems and recommended
1 35 routine preventive care, and continuity of coverage for any
2 1 congenital defects and birth abnormalities, injuries, or
2 2 illnesses arising within the well-child coverage period. The
2 3 bill provides that well-child coverage applies to an
2 4 individual under seven years of age.
2 5 LSB 3048HH 77
2 6 mj/jw/5
Text: HF02283 Text: HF02285 Text: HF02200 - HF02299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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