First Regular Session
Sixty-second General Assembly
LLS NO. 99-0489.01 Jane Brown HOUSE BILL 99-1052
STATE OF COLORADO
BY REPRESENTATIVE Ragsdale
HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, WELFARE, & INSTITUTIONS
A BILL FOR AN ACT
101 CONCERNING PROVISIONS MAKING IT MANDATORY TO OFFER HEALTH
102 INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BREAST PUMPS.
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not necessarily reflect any amendments that may be subsequently
adopted.)
Requires health benefit plans to offer coverage for breast pumps.
Applies to individual insurance policies issued on or after January 1,
2000, and to group insurance contracts issued, renewed, or reinstated on
or after January 1, 2000.
1 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
2 SECTION 1. 10-16-104, Colorado Revised Statutes, is amended
3 BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION to read:
4 10-16-104. Mandatory coverage provisions. (14) Offer of
5 coverage for breast pumps. (a) ALL GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL SICKNESS
6 AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICIES, EXCEPT SUPPLEMENTAL POLICIES
7 COVERING A SPECIFIED DISEASE OR OTHER LIMITED BENEFIT, THAT ARE
8 DELIVERED OR ISSUED FOR DELIVERY WITHIN THE STATE BY AN ENTITY
9 SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PART 2 OF THIS ARTICLE AND ALL
10 INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP HEALTH CARE SERVICE OR INDEMNITY CONTRACTS
[ ] denotes HOUSE amendment. { } denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters indicate new material to be added to existing statute.
Dashes through the words indicate material to be deleted from existing statute.
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1 ISSUED BY AN ENTITY SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF PART 3 OR 4 OF THIS
2 ARTICLE, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER GROUP HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
3 OFFERED TO RESIDENTS OF THIS STATE, SHALL OFFER COVERAGE FOR
4 BREAST PUMP EQUIPMENT. IF COVERAGE IS OFFERED BY A MANAGED CARE
5 PLAN, THE PROVIDER SHALL BE A PARTICIPATING PROVIDER IN SUCH
6 MANAGED CARE PLAN.
7 (b) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION (14), "SICKNESS AND
8 ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY" DOES NOT INCLUDE SHORT-TERM,
9 ACCIDENT, FIXED INDEMNITY, SPECIFIED DISEASE POLICIES OR DISABILITY
10 INCOME CONTRACTS, AND LIMITED BENEFIT OR CREDIT DISABILITY
11 INSURANCE, OR SUCH OTHER INSURANCE AS DEFINED IN SECTION 10-18-101
12 (3) OR BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE TERM ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE
13 INSURANCE ARISING OUT OF THE "WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT OF
14 COLORADO", ARTICLES 40 TO 47 OF TITLE 8, C.R.S., OR OTHER SIMILAR
15 LAW, AUTOMOBILE MEDICAL PAYMENT INSURANCE, OR INSURANCE UNDER
16 WHICH BENEFITS ARE PAYABLE WITH OR WITHOUT REGARD TO FAULT AND
17 WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE CONTAINED IN ANY LIABILITY
18 INSURANCE POLICY OR EQUIVALENT SELF-INSURANCE.
19 (c) THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SUBSECTION (14) SHALL APPLY TO
20 ALL INDIVIDUAL SICKNESS AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICIES AND
21 HEALTH CARE SERVICE OR INDEMNITY CONTRACTS ISSUED ON OR AFTER
22 JANUARY 1, 2000, AND TO ALL GROUP ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS POLICIES
23 AND GROUP HEALTH CARE SERVICE OR INDEMNITY CONTRACTS ISSUED,
24 RENEWED, OR REINSTATED ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2000.
25 SECTION 2. Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
26 determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
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1 preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.