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45 from, or have limited access to, treatment under
46 third-party payor policies or contracts provided by
47 employers who receive substantial revenue from public
48 sources.
49 2. The insurance division shall submit a written
50 report to the general assembly on or before January
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1 15, 2003."
2 3. By renumbering as necessary.
Jochum of Dubuque offered the following amendment H-8684, to
amendment H-8683, filed by her from the floor and moved its
adoption:
H-8684
1 Amend the amendment, H-8683, to House File 2623 as
2 follows:
3 1. By striking page 1, line 4, through page 4,
4 line 2, and inserting the following:
5 ""Sec. . NEW SECTION. 514C.21 MANDATED
6 COVERAGE FOR NEUROBIOLOGICAL DISORDERS AND UNDERLYING
7 CO-MORBIDITY.
8 1. For purposes of this section, unless the
9 context otherwise requires:
10 a. "Co-morbidity" means the coexistence of
11 conditions or diagnosable disorders such as
12 neurobiological disorders and substance abuse. For
13 purposes of this section, "substance abuse" means a
14 pattern of pathological use of alcohol or a drug that
15 causes impairment in social or occupational
16 functioning, or that produces physiological dependency
17 evidenced by physical tolerance or by physical
18 symptoms when the alcohol or drug is withdrawn.
19 b. "Neurobiological disorder" means the following:
20 (1) Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.
21 (2) Affective disorders.
22 (3) Anxiety disorders.
23 (4) Pervasive developmental disorders.
24 (5) Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and
25 related disorders.
26 (6) Disorders identified in childhood and
27 adolescence.
28 The commissioner, by rule, shall identify the
29 neurobiological disorders covered by this definition,
30 consistent with the guidelines provided in the most
31 recent edition of the American psychiatric
32 association's diagnostic and statistical manual of
33 mental disorders, as such definitions may be amended
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