Bill Text: NC S319 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Chiropractor Co-Pay Parity
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S319 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-S319-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
S 1
SENATE BILL 319
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Short Title: Chiropractor Co‑Pay Parity. |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Hise (Primary Sponsor); Ford, Sanderson, Smith‑Ingram, and Waddell. |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate. |
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March 18, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REENACT A LAW CONCERNING HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN CO‑PAYMENTS FOR CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 58‑50‑30(a3) reads as rewritten:
"(a3) Whenever any health benefit plan, subscriber contract, or policy of insurance issued by a health maintenance organization, hospital or medical service corporation, or insurer governed by Articles 1 through 67 of this Chapter provides coverage for medically necessary treatment, the insurer shall not impose any limitation on treatment or levels of coverage if performed by a duly licensed chiropractor acting within the scope of the chiropractor's practice as defined in G.S. 90‑151 unless a comparable limitation is imposed on the medically necessary treatment if performed or authorized by any other duly licensed physician. An insurer shall not impose as a limitation on treatment or level of coverage a co‑payment amount charged to the insured for chiropractic services that is higher than the co‑payment amount charged to the insured for the services of 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 issued, renewed, or amended on or after that date.
