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H. 3200
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Coates and Whipper
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3056dw05.doc
Introduced in the House on January 11, 2005
Currently residing in the House Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
Summary: Reimbursement for chiropractic services
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/22/2004 House Prefiled
12/22/2004 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
1/11/2005 House Introduced and read first time HJ-123
1/11/2005 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and Industry
HJ-123
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 38-71-297 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ENTITY THAT PAYS OR REIMBURSES HEALTH BENEFITS MAY NOT DISCRIMINATE IN THE AMOUNT PAID OR REIMBURSED FOR CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES AND TO REQUIRE THAT THESE SERVICES BE PAID OR REIMBURSED AS BILLED THROUGH THE SAME PROCEDURE CODE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 71 of Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 38-71-297. A health benefit plan or another entity which pays or reimburses health benefits may not discriminate in the amount paid or reimbursed for chiropractic services. If two or more providers are authorized by their scopes of practice to provide the same or similar health care, the amount to be paid or reimbursed for the service billed through the same procedural code must be identical as it pertains to the chiropractic health benefit."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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