House Journal: Page 1242: Tuesday, April 9, 2002
Atteberry of Delaware offered amendment H-8544 filed by
Atteberry, et al., as follows:
H-8544
1 Amend Senate File 2326, as passed by the Senate, as
2 follows:
3 1. Page 176, by inserting after line 11 the
4 following:
5 "DIVISION ___
6 HEALTH COVERAGE
7 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.21 MANDATED COVERAGE
8 FOR NEUROBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND UNDERLYING CO-
9 MORBIDITY.
10 1. For purposes of this section, unless the
11 context otherwise requires:
12 a. "Co-morbidity" means the coexistence of
13 conditions or diagnosable disorders such as
14 neurobiological disorders and substance abuse. For
15 purposes of this section, "substance abuse" means a
16 pattern of pathological use of alcohol or a drug that
17 causes impairment in social or occupational
18 functioning, or that produces physiological dependency
19 evidenced by physical tolerance or by physical
20 symptoms when the alcohol or drug is withdrawn.
21 b. "Neurobiological disorder" means the following:
22 (1) Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
23 (2) Affective disorders.
24 (3) Anxiety disorders.
25 (4) Pervasive developmental disorders.
26 (5) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and
27 related disorders.
28 (6) Disorders identified in childhood and
29 adolescence.
30 The commissioner, by rule, shall identify the
31 neurobiological disorders covered by this definition,
32 consistent with the guidelines provided in the most
33 recent edition of the American psychiatric
34 association's diagnostic and statistical manual of
35 mental disorders, as such definitions may be amended
36 from time to time. The commissioner may adopt the
37 definitions provided in the manual by reference.
38 c. "Rates, terms, and conditions" means any
39 lifetime or annual payment limits, deductibles,
40 copayments, coinsurance, and any other cost-sharing
41 requirements, out-of-pocket limits, visit limitations,
42 and any other financial component of benefits coverage
43 that affects the covered individual.
44 2. a. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment
45 requirements of section 514C.6, a policy, contract, or
46 plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment
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