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House Journal: Page 334: Wednesday, February 16, 2000

Osterhaus of Jackson asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-8016 filed by him on February 8, 2000.

Osterhaus of Jackson offered the following amendment H-8022
filed by him and moved its adoption:

H-8022

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32 drug is withdrawn."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


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