| SB 0665 | Requires health insurance policies to cover treatment for overweight and obese persons |
| Sponsor: | Bland | |||
| LR Number: | 1704S.02I | Fiscal Note: | 1704-02 | |
| Committee: | Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations | |||
| Last Action: | 03/11/03 - Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance | Journal page: | S457 | |
| and Industrial Relations Committee | ||||
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| Effective Date: | August 28, 2003 | |||
SB 665 - This act requires health insurance policies to cover treatment for overweight and obese persons. A new section 376.784 is created and requires all health insurance plans to notify policyholders of the availability of such coverage. The coverage will be limited to a lifetime cap of one weight reduction program. However, this limitation will not apply to any immediate or life-threatening treatment.
Nothing in this section will restrict any existing coverage or allow limits on the coverage for overweight and obese persons to access medically necessary and appropriate treatments.
This act is similar to SB 730 (2002).
LORIE TOWE