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Senate File 2203

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  1  1                                             SENATE FILE 2203
  1  2  
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 TO ALLOW THE ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS UNDER AN INSURANCE POLICY
  1  5    OR CONTRACT, OR HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN TO THE PROVIDER OF HEALTH
  1  6    CARE SERVICES.
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  514C.18  ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS.
  1 11    A carrier, as defined in section 513B.2, or an organized
  1 12 delivery system authorized under 1993 Iowa Acts, chapter 158,
  1 13 and licensed by the director of public health, shall allow, as
  1 14 a provision in the group or individual policy, contract or
  1 15 health benefit plan, any person insured by the carrier or
  1 16 organized delivery system to assign, in writing, benefits from
  1 17 a health benefit plan, policy or contract, to a health care
  1 18 provider licensed under Title IV, subtitle 2 or 3.  If written
  1 19 assignment is executed and written notice of the assignment is
  1 20 provided to the carrier or organized delivery system, the
  1 21 insuring entity shall pay the benefits directly to the
  1 22 licensed health care provider.  This section shall not be
  1 23 interpreted as modifying the scope of coverage or the amount
  1 24 of benefits payable under a health insurance policy or
  1 25 contract or a health benefit plan.  
  1 26 
  1 27 
  1 28                                                             
  1 29                               MARY E. KRAMER
  1 30                               President of the Senate
  1 31 
  1 32 
  1 33                                                             
  1 34                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  1 35                               Speaker of the House
  2  1 
  2  2    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2  3 is known as Senate File 2203, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  2  4 
  2  5 
  2  6                                                             
  2  7                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  2  8                               Secretary of the Senate
  2  9 Approved                , 2000
  2 10 
  2 11 
  2 12                               
  2 13 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  2 14 Governor
     

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