LD 1138 – Maine
Status: Inactive / DeadYear Introduced: 2019
Link: http://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=1138&snum=129
This bill requires health insurance coverage for treatment of childhood postinfectious neuroimmune disorders, a group of medical conditions that includes autoinflammatory encephalopathic conditions including pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. The treatments authorized include certain treatments described as the standard of care in a series of articles in the 2017 Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Volume 27, Number 7. The requirements apply to all individual and group policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2020.
Key Issues:
Benefit Design
HEALTHCARE COSTS
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