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S. 298
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Climer and Fanning
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Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance
Summary: Insurance companies and health maintenance organizations and PEBA
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/9/2020 Senate Prefiled
12/9/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
1/12/2021 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 254)
1/12/2021 Senate Referred to Committee on Banking and Insurance
(Senate Journal-page 254)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 71, TITLE 38 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO ACCIDENT AND HEALTH INSURANCE, BY ADDING SECTION 38-71-42, TO REQUIRE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES, AND INSURANCE CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN TESTS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; AND TO AMEND SECTION 1-11-710 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AUTHORITY'S DUTY TO MAKE CERTAIN INSURANCE PLANS AVAILABLE, TO REQUIRE A GROUP HEALTH PLAN TO COVER CERTAIN TESTS FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 71, Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 38-71-42. (A) Every health maintenance organization, individual or group health insurance policy, and insurance contract issued or renewed in this State must provide coverage for tests as set forth in subsection (B) for the early detection of cardiovascular disease for an insured who:
(1) is a male older than forty-five years of age and younger than seventy-six years of age, or a female older than fifty-five years of age and younger than seventy-six years of age;
(2) is diabetic; and
(3) has a risk of developing coronary heart disease, based on a score derived using the Framingham Heart Study coronary prediction algorithm, that is intermediate or higher.
(B) The minimum coverage that must be provided is up to two hundred dollars for the following noninvasive screening tests for atherosclerosis and abnormal artery structure and function every five years, performed by a national organization recognized by the director of the Department of Insurance:
(1) computed tomography scanning measuring coronary artery calcification; or
(2) ultrasonography measuring carotid intima-media thickness and plaque."
SECTION 2. Section 1-11-710 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered new subsection to read:
"( )(1) The plan approved by the board must provide coverage for tests set forth in Section 38-71-42(B) for the early detection of cardiovascular disease.
(2) The plan must be for an employee, retiree, or dependent who meets the criteria set forth in Section 38-71-42(A), and the coverage must be provided in a manner consistent with Section 38-71-42(B)."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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