Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Filed: 3/7/2013

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 22

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 22 on page 5 by
3replacing lines 16 through 24 with the following:
 
4    "Sec. 356z.22. AIDS prevention.
5    (a) A group or individual policy of accident and health
6insurance or managed care plan amended, delivered, issued, or
7renewed after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
898th General Assembly must provide coverage for drugs that are
9approved for marketing by the federal Food and Drug
10Administration and that are recommended by the United States
11Public Health Service or the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
12and Prevention for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to reduce
13the likelihood of HIV infection among individuals who are not
14infected with HIV but who are at high risk of HIV infection.
15    (b) This Section does not require a policy of accident and
16health insurance to provide coverage for any clinical trials
17relating to any drug that is for pre-exposure prophylaxis for

 

 

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1HIV that has been approved by the federal Food and Drug
2Administration in the form of an investigational new drug
3application."; and
 
4on page 6 by deleting lines 1 through 4.