Bill Text: NC H528 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Establish Chiropractor Co-Pay Parity

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-04-30 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [H528 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-H528-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

H                                                                                                                                                    2

HOUSE BILL 528

Second Edition Engrossed 4/29/15

 

Short Title:        Establish Chiropractor Co-Pay Parity.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Burr, Jones, and Hanes (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site.
Referred to:	Insurance, if favorable, Appropriations.

April 2, 2015

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO REENACT A LAW CONCERNING HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN CO‑PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES PERFORMED BY CHIROPRACTORS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Article 50 of Chapter 58 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 58‑50‑31.  Co‑payments for services performed by chiropractors.

(a)        As used in this section, the following definitions apply:

(1)        Health benefit plan. – As defined in G.S. 58‑3‑167(a)(1).

(2)        Insurer. – As defined in G.S. 58‑3‑167(a)(2).

(b)        An insurer offering a health benefit plan shall not impose upon an insured as a limitation on treatment or level of coverage a co‑payment amount for services performed by a duly licensed chiropractor that is higher than the co‑payment amount imposed upon the insured for services performed by a duly licensed primary care physician for a comparable, medically necessary treatment or condition."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2016, and applies to health benefit contracts entered into on or after that date.