House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
265
BY
SCHULTE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
health
insurance
coverage
of
certain
services
1
provided
by
licensed
marital
and
family
therapists
and
2
mental
health
counselors
and
including
applicability
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
514C.29
Coverage
of
services
1
provided
by
marital
and
family
therapists
and
mental
health
2
counselors.
3
1.
Notwithstanding
the
uniformity
of
treatment
requirements
4
of
section
514C.6,
a
policy
or
contract,
or
plan
established
5
pursuant
to
chapter
509A,
providing
for
third-party
payment
6
or
prepayment
of
health
or
medical
expenses
that
provides
7
reimbursement
for
any
mental
or
behavioral
health
service
8
which
is
in
the
lawful
scope
of
practice
of
a
marital
and
9
family
therapist
or
mental
health
counselor
who
is
licensed
10
pursuant
to
chapter
154D,
shall
provide
reimbursement
on
an
11
equitable
basis
to
the
marital
and
family
therapist
or
mental
12
health
counselor
for
the
provision
of
that
service
at
a
rate
13
commensurate
with
the
requirements
of
licensure
of
that
person.
14
2.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
accident-only,
15
specified
disease,
short-term
hospital
or
medical,
hospital
16
confinement
indemnity,
credit,
dental,
vision,
Medicare
17
supplement,
long-term
care,
basic
hospital
and
medical-surgical
18
expense
coverage
as
defined
by
the
commissioner,
disability
19
income
insurance
coverage,
coverage
issued
as
a
supplement
20
to
liability
insurance,
workers’
compensation
or
similar
21
insurance,
or
automobile
medical
payment
insurance.
22
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
a
third-party
23
payment
provider
policy
or
contract,
or
plan
established
24
pursuant
to
chapter
509A,
that
is
delivered,
issued
for
25
delivery,
continued,
or
renewed
in
this
state
on
or
after
26
January
1,
2012.
27
EXPLANATION
28
This
bill
creates
new
Code
section
514C.29
which
requires
29
any
policies,
contracts,
or
plans
established
pursuant
to
Code
30
chapter
509A,
providing
for
third-party
payment
or
prepayment
31
of
health
or
medical
care
expenses,
that
provide
reimbursement
32
for
any
mental
or
behavioral
health
service
which
is
in
the
33
lawful
scope
of
practice
of
a
marital
and
family
therapist
or
34
mental
health
counselor
licensed
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
154D,
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to
reimburse
such
a
therapist
or
counselor
for
the
provision
1
of
that
service
at
a
rate
commensurate
with
that
person’s
2
requirements
of
licensure.
3
The
bill
is
applicable
to
policies,
contracts,
or
plans
4
delivered,
issued
for
delivery,
continued,
or
renewed
in
this
5
state
on
or
after
January
1,
2012.
6
The
bill
is
not
applicable
to
certain
specified
types
of
7
insurance
coverage.
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