Sen. Laura Fine

Filed: 2/7/2022

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3819

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3819 on page 6,
3line 20, by deleting "A group or"; and
 
4by replacing line 21 on page 6 through line 7 on page 7 with
5the following:
6    "(a) A group or individual policy of accident and health
7insurance or a managed care plan amended, delivered, issued,
8or renewed on or after January 1, 2024 shall provide coverage
9for community-based pediatric palliative care and hospice
10care. This care shall be delivered to any qualifying child
11with a serious illness by a trained interdisciplinary team
12that allows a child to receive community-based pediatric
13palliative care and hospice care while continuing to pursue
14curative treatment and disease-directed therapies for the
15qualifying illness.
16    (b) As used in this Section, "palliative care" and
17"serious illness" have the same meaning as set forth in the

 

 

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1Pediatric Palliative Care Act.".