House Study Bill 566 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            HUMAN RESOURCES BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON SMITH)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to require insurers offering certain individual or group
  2    health insurance contracts, policies, or plans to provide
  3    coverage for vaccinations for human papilloma virus.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5812HC 82
  6 av/rj/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  514C.23  HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS
  1  2 VACCINATIONS == COVERAGE.
  1  3    1.  Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment
  1  4 requirements of section 514C.6, a contract, policy, or plan
  1  5 providing for third=party payment or prepayment of health or
  1  6 medical expenses that provides coverage benefits for any
  1  7 vaccination or immunization shall provide coverage benefits
  1  8 for a vaccination for human papilloma virus, including but not
  1  9 limited to the following classes of third=party payment
  1 10 provider contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for
  1 11 delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after
  1 12 January 1, 2009:
  1 13    a.  Individual or group accident and sickness insurance
  1 14 providing coverage on an expense=incurred basis.
  1 15    b.  An individual or group hospital or medical service
  1 16 contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 514A.
  1 17    c.  An individual or group health maintenance organization
  1 18 contract regulated under chapter 514B.
  1 19    d.  An individual or group Medicare supplemental policy,
  1 20 unless coverage pursuant to such policy is preempted by
  1 21 federal law.
  1 22    e.  A plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for public
  1 23 employees.
  1 24    2.  This section shall not apply to accident only,
  1 25 specified disease, short=term hospital or medical, hospital
  1 26 confinement indemnity, credit, dental, vision, long=term care,
  1 27 basic hospital and medical=surgical expense coverage as
  1 28 defined by the commissioner, disability income insurance
  1 29 coverage, coverage issued as a supplement to liability
  1 30 insurance, workers' compensation or similar insurance, or
  1 31 automobile medical payment insurance.
  1 32    3.  As used in this section, "human papilloma virus" means
  1 33 the human papilloma virus as defined by the centers for
  1 34 disease control and prevention of the United States department
  1 35 of health and human services.
  2  1    4.  The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules
  2  2 pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this
  2  3 section.
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill requires insurers offering certain individual or
  2  6 group health insurance contracts, policies, or plans in the
  2  7 state to provide coverage for vaccinations for human papilloma
  2  8 virus.
  2  9    The provisions of the bill are applicable to third=party
  2 10 payment provider contracts, policies, or plans delivered,
  2 11 issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or
  2 12 after January 1, 2009.
  2 13    The commissioner of insurance is required to adopt rules
  2 14 under Code chapter 17A to administer the provisions of the
  2 15 bill.
  2 16    New Code section 514C.23 requires specified individual and
  2 17 group health insurance contracts, policies, or plans that
  2 18 provide coverage of any vaccinations or immunizations to
  2 19 provide coverage of a vaccination for human papilloma virus.
  2 20    The bill defines "human papilloma virus" to mean the human
  2 21 papilloma virus as defined by the centers for disease control
  2 22 and prevention of the United States department of health and
  2 23 human services.
  2 24 LSB 5812HC 82
  2 25 av/rj/24