Text: H08015 Text: H08017 Text: H08000 - H08099 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2080 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 3 through 22 and 1 3 inserting the following: 1 4 "1. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment 1 5 requirements of section 514C.6, a group policy or 1 6 contract providing for third-party payment or 1 7 prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide 1 8 mental health and substance abuse treatment coverage 1 9 benefits and shall not impose limitations on financial 1 10 terms for coverage of services for serious mental 1 11 illnesses or substance abuse if similar limitations 1 12 are not imposed on the coverage benefits for services 1 13 for medical or surgical conditions." 1 14 #2. Page 1, by inserting after line 35 the 1 15 following: 1 16 "h. Panic disorder. 1 17 i. Paranoia and other psychotic disorders. 1 18 j. Eating disorders, including but not limited to 1 19 bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. 1 20 3A. For purposes of this section, "substance 1 21 abuse" means a pattern of pathological use of alcohol 1 22 or a drug that causes impairment in social or 1 23 occupational functioning, or that produces 1 24 physiological dependency evidenced by physical 1 25 tolerance or by physical symptoms when the alcohol or 1 26 drug is withdrawn." 1 27 #3. Page 3, by inserting after line 11 the 1 28 following: 1 29 "7A. A group policy is exempt from this section 1 30 upon submitting to the commissioner evidence 1 31 demonstrating a premium increase for the policy term 1 32 in excess of three percent as a result of the 1 33 requirements of this section." 1 34 #4. Page 3, by inserting after line 15 the 1 35 following: 1 36 "9. This section is repealed effective July 1, 1 37 2003." 1 38 #5. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 1 39 word "illness" the following: "and substance abuse". 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 OSTERHAUS of Jackson 1 44 HF 2080.302 78 1 45 mj/cf
Text: H08015 Text: H08017 Text: H08000 - H08099 Text: H Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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