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1 1 Amend House File 655 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 6, by inserting after line 25 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "DIVISION ___
1 5 THIRD-PARTY PAYMENT – MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
1 6 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.14 COMPARABLE
1 7 COVERAGE FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT.
1 8 1. Notwithstanding section 514C.6, a policy or
1 9 contract providing for third-party payment or
1 10 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide
1 11 coverage benefits for services for clinical disorders
1 12 related to mental health which shall be on terms and
1 13 conditions which are comparable to the terms and
1 14 conditions for coverage benefits provided for other
1 15 health or medical disorders under the policy or
1 16 contract.
1 17 2. For purposes of this section, clinical
1 18 disorders related to mental health for which coverage
1 19 benefits are to be provided under this section are
1 20 biological brain diseases including schizophrenia,
1 21 schizoaffective disorder, major depressive disorder,
1 22 bipolar disorder, paranoia and other psychotic
1 23 disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic
1 24 disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder or
1 25 autism.
1 26 3. This section applies to the following classes
1 27 of third-party payment provider contracts or policies
1 28 delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed
1 29 in this state on or after July 1, 1999:
1 30 a. Individual or group accident and sickness
1 31 insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred
1 32 basis.
1 33 b. An individual or group hospital or medical
1 34 service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514,
1 35 or 514A.
1 36 c. An individual or group health maintenance
1 37 organization contract regulated under chapter 514B.
1 38 d. An individual or group Medicare supplemental
1 39 policy, unless coverage pursuant to such policy is
1 40 preempted by federal law.
1 41 e. Any other entity engaged in the business of
1 42 insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is
1 43 subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner.
1 44 f. An organized delivery system licensed by the
1 45 director of public health."
1 46 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
1 47
1 48
1 49
1 50 GRUNDBERG of Polk
2 1 HF 655.701 78
2 2 mj/sc
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