- Introduced -

SB 444 - This act requires health insurers to provide chiropractic care as part of basic health care services for covered conditions. Health plan enrollees must be able to select their own chiropractic physician from the provider network without a referral or prior authorization. Health carriers that utilize gatekeepers may not misinform or fail to inform enrollees of the availability of chiropractic care benefits under the enrollee's plan. The act requires health carriers to apply the same deductibles, co-payments, co-insurance amounts, fees, benefit limits, practice parameters, and utilization review to all in-network health care providers. The act prohibits health carriers from discriminating against any health care provider or group of providers based on the provider's type of license.

This act is identical to HB 121 (2003).

STEPHEN WITTE