HOUSE FILE 2207

BY  SWAIM

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to insurance coverage of cranial prostheses for cancer patients and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 514C.24, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment requirements of section 514C.6, a contract, policy, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment for cancer treatment shall provide coverage benefits for a cranial prosthesis prescribed by a physician licensed under chapter 148 for chemotherapy-induced alopecia.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to third-party payment provider policies, contracts, or plans specified in section 514C.24, subsection 2, that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 2012.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires that specified individual and group contracts, policies, or plans providing for third-party payment or prepayment for cancer treatment shall provide coverage benefits for a cranial prosthesis (wig) prescribed by a physician for chemotherapy-induced hair loss. The bill applies to third-party payment provider policies, contracts, or plans that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 2012.