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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 514C.19 BIOLOGICALLY BASED
1 2 MENTAL ILLNESS.
1 3 1. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment
1 4 requirements of section 514C.6, a group policy or contract
1 5 providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or
1 6 medical expenses issued by a carrier, as defined in section
1 7 513B.2, or by an organized delivery system authorized under
1 8 1993 Iowa Acts, chapter 158, shall provide coverage benefits
1 9 for treatment of a biologically based mental illness if either
1 10 of the following is satisfied:
1 11 a. The policy or contract is issued to an employer who on
1 12 at least fifty percent of the employer's working days during
1 13 the preceding calendar year employed more than fifty full-time
1 14 equivalent employees. In determining the number of full-time
1 15 equivalent employees of an employer, employers who are
1 16 affiliated or who are able to file a consolidated tax return
1 17 for purposes of state taxation shall be considered one
1 18 employer.
1 19 b. The policy or contract is issued to a small employer as
1 20 defined in section 513B.2, and such policy or contract
1 21 provides coverage benefits for the treatment of mental
1 22 illness.
1 23 2. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment
1 24 requirements of section 514C.6, a plan established pursuant to
1 25 chapter 509A for public employees shall provide coverage
1 26 benefits for treatment of a biologically based mental illness.
1 27 3. For purposes of this section, "biologically based
1 28 mental illness" means the following psychiatric illnesses:
1 29 a. Schizophrenia.
1 30 b. Bipolar disorders.
1 31 c. Major depressive disorders.
1 32 d. Schizo-affective disorders.
1 33 e. Obsessive-compulsive disorders.
1 34 f. Pervasive developmental disorders.
1 35 g. Autistic disorders.
2 1 4. The commissioner, by rule, shall define the
2 2 biologically based mental illnesses identified in subsection
2 3 3. Definitions established by the commissioner shall be
2 4 consistent with definitions provided in the most recent
2 5 edition of the American psychiatric association's diagnostic
2 6 and statistical manual of mental disorders, as such
2 7 definitions may be amended from time to time. The
2 8 commissioner may adopt the definitions provided in such manual
2 9 by reference.
2 10 5. This section shall not apply to accident only,
2 11 specified disease, short-term hospital or medical, hospital
2 12 confinement indemnity, credit, dental, vision, Medicare
2 13 supplement, long-term care, basic hospital and medical-
2 14 surgical expense coverage as defined by the commissioner,
2 15 disability income insurance coverage, coverage issued as a
2 16 supplement to liability insurance, workers' compensation or
2 17 similar insurance, or automobile medical payment insurance, or
2 18 individual accident and sickness policies issued to
2 19 individuals or to individual members of a member association.
2 20 6. A carrier, organized delivery system, or plan
2 21 established pursuant to chapter 509A may manage the benefits
2 22 provided through common methods including, but not limited to,
2 23 providing payment of benefits or providing care and treatment
2 24 under a capitated payment system, prospective reimbursement
2 25 rate system, utilization control system, incentive system for
2 26 the use of least restrictive and least costly levels of care,
2 27 a preferred provider contract limiting choice of specific
2 28 providers, or any other system, method, or organization
2 29 designed to assure services are medically necessary and
2 30 clinically appropriate.
2 31 7. a. A group policy or contract or plan covered under
2 32 this section shall not impose an aggregate annual or lifetime
2 33 limit on biologically based mental illness coverage benefits
2 34 unless the policy or contract or plan imposes an aggregate
2 35 annual or lifetime limit on substantially all medical and
3 1 surgical coverage benefits.
3 2 b. A group policy or contract or plan covered under this
3 3 section that imposes an aggregate annual or lifetime limit on
3 4 substantially all medical and surgical coverage benefits shall
3 5 not impose an aggregate annual or lifetime limit on
3 6 biologically based mental illness coverage benefits which is
3 7 less than the aggregate annual or lifetime limit imposed on
3 8 substantially all medical and surgical coverage benefits.
3 9 8. A group policy or contract or plan covered under this
3 10 section shall at a minimum allow for thirty inpatient days and
3 11 fifty-two outpatient visits annually. The policy or contract
3 12 or plan may also include deductibles, coinsurance, or
3 13 copayments, provided the amounts and extent of such
3 14 deductibles, coinsurance, or copayments applicable to other
3 15 medical or surgical services coverage under the policy or
3 16 contract or plan are the same. It is not a violation of this
3 17 section if the policy or contract or plan excludes entirely
3 18 from coverage benefits for the cost of providing the
3 19 following:
3 20 a. Marital, family, educational, developmental, or
3 21 training services.
3 22 b. Care that is substantially custodial in nature.
3 23 c. Services and supplies that are not medically necessary
3 24 or clinically appropriate.
3 25 d. Experimental treatments.
3 26 9. This section applies to third-party payment provider
3 27 policies or contracts and plans established pursuant to
3 28 chapter 509A delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or
3 29 renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2001.
3 30 HF 2080
3 31 mj/jg/25
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