SB67 Alabama 2014 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Mark Slade Blackwell

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Insurance, Access to Eye Care Act, certain provisions revised to include other programs, private or public, insurance policy, plan, contract, or program prohibited activities expanded, Secs. 27-56-2, 27-56-3, 27-56-4, 27-56-5, 27-56-6, 27-56-7, 27-56-8 am'd.

Description

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, from requiring that products and services be provided at a set fee, unless part of the subscriber agreement, from restricting which lab is selected, from designating which insurance plan shall be used for reimbursement, and from imposing restrictions on noncovered products and services.

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Subjects

Insurance