HB362 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, the Access to Eye Care Act provides that certain health insurance policies, health maintenance organization plans, and the like, which cover eye care services, include a provision for payment to licensed optometrists for services which are both within the scope of the insurance coverage and within the scope of the optometrist’s license

This bill would specify that both public and private insurance policies, plans, contracts, and programs provide coverage for optometrists under the act

This bill would also prohibit the insurance policy, plan, contract, or program from requiring an eye care provider to participate as a condition of receiving payment and from requiring that products and services be provided at a set fee, unless part of the subscriber agreement

To amend Sections 27-56-2, 27-56-3, 27-56-4, 27-56-5, 27-56-6, 27-56-7, and 27-56-8, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Access to Eye Care Act; to specify that both public and private insurance policies, plans, contracts, and programs provide coverage for optometrists under the act; to prohibit the insurance policy, plan, contract, or program from requiring an eye care provider to participate as a condition of receiving payment; and to prohibit the insurance policy, plan, contract, or program from requiring that products and services be provided at a set fee, unless part of the subscriber agreement.