Enrolled SB 170: Requiring that health care insurers offer insurance coverage for well-baby exams.
00Enrolled SB 170 01 Requiring that health care insurers offer insurance coverage for well-baby exams. 02 _______________ 03 * Section 1. AS 21.42 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04 Sec. 21.42.351. Coverage for well-baby exams. (a) A health care insurer that 05 offers health care insurance that covers a dependent of a covered individual shall, 06 initially and at each renewal, offer coverage for the cost of well-baby exams. The 07 coverage required to be offered by this section is subject to standard policy provisions 08 applicable to other benefits, including deductible or copayment provisions. 09 (b) In this section, 10 (1) "health care insurer" has the meaning given in AS 21.54.500; 11 (2) "health care professional" means a health aide, physician, nurse, 12 and physician assistant, but does not include a practitioner of religious healing; 13 (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.