Senate File 514 - Reprinted
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1231)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring insurers offering certain individual or group
2 health insurance contracts, policies, or plans to provide
3 coverage for vaccinations for human papilloma virus and
4 requesting an interim study committee on health benefit
5 mandates.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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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, 2008:
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 Sec. 2. INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH BENEFIT
2 5 MANDATES. The legislative council is requested to establish
2 6 an interim study committee on health benefit mandates to study
2 7 the costs and benefits of enacting additional health benefit
2 8 mandates. The interim study committee shall submit a report
2 9 with findings and recommendations to the general assembly on
2 10 or before January 1, 2008.
2 11 The committee shall be composed of the following members:
2 12 1. Two senators, one appointed by the majority leader of
2 13 the senate and one appointed by the minority leader of the
2 14 senate.
2 15 2. Two representatives, one appointed by the speaker of
2 16 the house of representatives and one appointed by the minority
2 17 leader of the house of representatives.
2 18 3. One representative of the service employees
2 19 international union.
2 20 4. Three representatives of large employers selected by
2 21 the Iowa association of business and industry.
2 22 5. Three representatives of small employers selected by
2 23 the national federation of independent business.
2 24 6. Four representatives of the health insurance industry
2 25 selected by the federation of Iowa insurers.
2 26 The commissioner of insurance or a designee shall serve as
2 27 an ex officio member of the committee.
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