- A. An individual or group health maintenance contract that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in this state that offers coverage of the services of a chiropractic physician shall not impose a copayment or coinsurance on those chiropractic physician services that exceeds the copayment or coinsurance imposed for primary care services.
- B. As used in this section, "primary care services" means the first level of basic or general health care for a person's health needs, including diagnostic and treatment services, initiation of referrals for other health care services and maintenance of the continuity of care when appropriate.
- C. The provisions of this section do not apply to short-term travel, accident-only or limited or specified-disease policies.
History: Laws 2023, ch. 51, § 4.
ANNOTATIONS
Effective dates. — Laws 2023, ch. 51, § 6 made Laws 2023, ch. 51, § 4 effective January 1, 2024.