HB 545: "An Act including marital and family therapists as providers protected from unfair discrimination under group disability insurance; and providing for an effective date."
00HOUSE BILL NO. 545 01 "An Act including marital and family therapists as providers protected from 02 unfair discrimination under group disability insurance; and providing for an 03 effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 21.36.090(d) is amended to read: 06 (d) Except to the extent necessary to comply with AS 21.42.365 and AS 21.56, 07 a person may not practice or permit unfair discrimination against a person who 08 provides a service covered under a group disability policy that extends coverage on an 09 expense incurred basis, or under a group service or indemnity type contract issued by 10 a nonprofit corporation, if the service is within the scope of the provider's occupational 11 license. In this subsection, "provider" means a state licensed physician, marital and 12 family therapist, dentist, osteopath, optometrist, chiropractor, nurse midwife, advanced 13 nurse practitioner, naturopath, physical therapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, 14 psychological associate, [OR] licensed clinical social worker, or certified direct-entry
01 midwife. 02 * Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to group disability policies or group service 03 or indemnity contracts entered into or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. 04 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 1994.