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SB453 Alabama 2010 Session

Updated Jul 26, 2021

Summary

Session
Regular Session 2010
Title
Eye care providers including optometrists and ophthalmologists, health insurance policies or plans, prohibited from requiring provider to purchase certain supplies, Access to Eye Care Act, Sec. 27-56-4 am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the Access to Eye Care Act requires an insurance policy, plan, or contract which provides for third-party payments for health care to include payment to a licensed eye care provider if the plan covers the same service provided by other providers. The law also regulates certain provisions in the insurance policies, plans, or contracts.

This bill would amend the Access to Eye Care Act requirements to prohibit an insurance policy, plan, or contract from requiring an eye care provider to purchase a certain minimum quantity or minimum dollar amount of ophthalmic materials in order to participate in the insurance plan.

Subjects
Health

Bill Actions

Indefinitely Postponed

Smitherman motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair Granted

Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair

Read for the second time and placed on the calendar

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Banking and Insurance

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature