FIRSTREGULARSESSION HOUSEBILLNO.932 103RDGENERALASSEMBLY INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVESMITH(46). 1600H.01I JOSEPHENGLER,ChiefClerk ANACT Toamendchapter376,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtoinsurance coverageofanesthesiaservices,withanemergencyclause. BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows: SectionA.Chapter376,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe 2knownassection376.1245,toreadasfollows: 376.1245.1.Asusedinthissection,thefollowingtermsmean: 2 (1)"Exceptedbenefitplan",thesamemeaninggiventotheterminsection 3376.998; 4 (2)"Healthbenefitplan",thesamemeaninggiventotheterminsection 5376.1350.Theterm"healthbenefitplan"shallalsoincludeMOHealthNet,the 6children'shealthinsuranceprogramauthorizedunderchapter208,theMissouri 7consolidatedhealthcareplanestablishedunderchapter103,andanyotherstate- 8sponsoredhealthinsuranceprogram; 9 (3)"Healthcarrier",thesamemeaninggiventotheterminsection376.1350. 10Theterm"healthcarrier"shallalsoincludetheMOHealthNetdivisionandany 11Medicaidmanagedcareorganizationasdefinedinsection208.431. 12 2.Eachhealthcarrierorhealthbenefitplanthatoffersorissueshealthbenefit 13plansthataredelivered,issuedfordelivery,continued,orrenewedinthisstateonor 14aftertheeffectivedateofthissectionandthatprovidecoverageforanesthesiaservices 15shallnotdenycoverageforanesthesiaservices,orimposeanycaponthereimbursement 16amountforanesthesiaservices,onthebasisthatthedurationofaprocedureforwhich 17anesthesiaservicesareperformedexceedsaparticulartimelimit. EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18 3.Exceptedbenefitplansshallbesubjecttotherequirementsofthissection. SectionB.Becauseimmediateactionisnecessarytoprotecttheabilityofhealthcare 2providerstodelivermedicallynecessaryhealthcareservicestoMissourians,sectionAofthis 3actisdeemednecessaryfortheimmediatepreservationofthepublichealth,welfare,peace, 4andsafety,andisherebydeclaredtobeanemergencyactwithinthemeaningofthe 5constitution,andsectionAofthisactshallbeinfullforceandeffectuponitspassageand 6approval. ✔ HB932 2