2009-04-15                     House Journal                      Page 1016
HB 222                                                                                                                        
Representatives Tuck, Gardner, Lynn, Kerttula, and Guttenberg added                                                             
their names as cosponsors to:                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
    HOUSE BILL NO. 222(title am)                                                                                                
    "An Act prohibiting discrimination by health care insurers based                                                            
    on genetic information; providing special enrollment requirements                                                           
    related to Medicaid and state child health plan coverage; requiring                                                         
    a health care insurer to offer coverage for the treatment of                                                                
    alcoholism or drug abuse; providing continuity of coverage for                                                              
    college students during medically necessary leaves of absence                                                               
    from college; requiring health care insurers in the group market to                                                         
    provide parity in the application of mental health and substance                                                            
    abuse benefits that comply with federal requirements; amending                                                              
    the definition of 'dentist' to include out-of-state dentists for                                                            
    purposes of certain dental insurance requirements; and providing                                                            
    for an effective date."