00                     CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 170(L&C)                                                                    
01 "An Act requiring that health care insurers provide insurance coverage for well-baby                                    
02 exams."                                                                                                                 
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
05            Sec. 21.42.351. Coverage for well-baby exams. (a) A health care insurer that                               
06       offers health care insurance that covers a dependent of a covered individual shall,                               
07       initially and at each renewal, provide coverage for the cost of well-baby exams. The                              
08       coverage required by this section is subject to standard policy provisions applicable to                          
09       other benefits, including deductible or copayment provisions.                                                     
10            (b)  In this section,                                                                                        
11                 (1)  "health care insurer" has the meaning given in AS 21.54.500;                                       
12                 (2)  "health care professional" means a health aide, physician, nurse,                                  
13       and physician assistant, but does not include a practitioner of religious healing;                                
14                 (3)  "well-baby exam" means                                                                             

01                      (A)  a periodic physical examination by a qualified health care                                    
02            professional of a baby during the first 24 months of life in which information is                            
03            collected on matters including normal development, growth rate, hearing,                                     
04            vision, language skills, motor development, diet, general care, preventative                                 
05            health care, immunizations, and infectious diseases; and                                                     
06                      (B)  consultation between the health care professional and a                                       
07            parent.