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| SPONSOR: | Jennings | DATE TYPED: | 02/07/00 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Amend Patient Protection Act | SB | 430 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Valenzuela | ||||||
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(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Public Regulation Commission (PRC)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 430 amends Section 4 of the Patient Protection Act by requiring managed health care plans to provide coverage for FDA-approved experimental or investigational procedures if a physician recommends them as medically necessary to preserve the life of the patient.
Significant Issues
Managed health care plans would likely increase its premiums to implement this program, if it does not already provide the coverage.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
Enactment of Senate Bill 430 would have only a minimal fiscal impact, in terms of enacting rules to implement this legislative change. The agency would be able to absorb the impact with its existing resources.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
See above statement.
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