Bill Text: OR SB229 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to insurance coverage for services provided by naturopath.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [SB229 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB229-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2796

                         Senate Bill 229

Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Senate Interim Committee on
  Health Care for Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physicians)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Requires health benefit plan to cover services provided by
naturopath if plan would cover same services provided by
physician.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to insurance coverage for services provided by
  naturopath.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) If a health benefit plan as defined in ORS
743.730 provides for coverage for any service that is within the
lawful scope of practice of a naturopath licensed under ORS
chapter 685, including prescribing or dispensing drugs, the plan
must cover the service whether it is performed by a physician
licensed under ORS chapter 677 or by a naturopath licensed under
ORS chapter 685.
  (2) The provisions of ORS 743A.001 do not apply to this
section. + }
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