House
File
766
H-1188
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House
File
766
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follows:
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DIVISION
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3
THIRD-PARTY
PAYMENT
OF
COVERAGE
BENEFITS
FOR
CHILDREN’S
MENTAL
4
HEALTH
SERVICES
PROVIDED
AT
A
SCHOOL
5
Sec.
___.
NEW
SECTION
.
514C.35
Mental
health
services
6
provided
at
a
school
——
coverage.
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1.
As
used
in
this
section,
unless
the
context
otherwise
8
requires:
9
a.
“Facility”
,
“health
care
professional”
,
and
“health
care
10
services”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
514J.102.
11
b.
“Mental
health
services”
means
services
provided
by
a
12
health
care
professional
operating
within
the
scope
of
the
13
health
care
professional’s
practice
which
address
mental,
14
emotional,
medical,
or
behavioral
conditions,
illnesses,
15
diseases,
or
problems.
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c.
“School”
means
a
public
or
private
school
that
provides
17
premises
for
teaching
any
grade
from
kindergarten
through
grade
18
twelve.
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2.
Notwithstanding
the
uniformity
of
treatment
requirements
20
of
section
514C.6,
if
a
policy,
contract,
or
plan
providing
for
21
third-party
payment
or
prepayment
of
health
or
medical
expenses
22
includes
coverage
for
mental
health
services
provided
in
a
23
facility,
the
policy,
contract,
or
plan
may
provide
coverage
24
for
the
same
or
similar
mental
health
services
provided
at
a
25
school.
26
3.
This
section
applies
to
the
following
classes
of
27
third-party
payment
provider
policies,
contracts,
or
plans
28
delivered,
issued
for
delivery,
continued,
or
renewed
in
this
29
state
on
or
after
January
1,
2020:
30
a.
Individual
or
group
accident
and
sickness
insurance
31
providing
coverage
on
an
expense-incurred
basis.
32
b.
An
individual
or
group
hospital
or
medical
service
33
contract
issued
pursuant
to
chapter
509,
514,
or
514A.
34
c.
An
individual
or
group
health
maintenance
organization
35
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contract
regulated
under
chapter
514B.
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d.
A
plan
established
pursuant
to
chapter
509A
for
public
2
employees.
3
4.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
accident-only,
4
specified
disease,
short-term
hospital
or
medical,
hospital
5
confinement
indemnity,
credit,
dental,
vision,
Medicare
6
supplement,
long-term
care,
basic
hospital
and
medical-surgical
7
expense
coverage
as
defined
by
the
commissioner,
disability
8
income
insurance
coverage,
coverage
issued
as
a
supplement
9
to
liability
insurance,
workers’
compensation
or
similar
10
insurance,
or
automobile
medical
payment
insurance.
11
5.
The
commissioner
of
insurance,
in
collaboration
with
the
12
state
board
of
education,
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
13
17A
as
necessary
to
administer
this
section.
>
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2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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