Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB326%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=326
Timestamp: 2018-01-21 01:16:57
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SB326 SUB1 ENR
AN ACT to amend and reenact §5-16-7 and §5-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-15-4j; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-16-3t; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-24-7j; to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-25-8h; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-25A-8i, all relating to mandating insurance coverage of dental anesthesia in certain circumstances.
That §5-16-7 and §5-16-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-15-4j; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-16-3t; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-24-7j; that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-25-8h; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §33-25A-8i, all to read as follows:
§33-24-7j. Required coverage for dental anesthesia services. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of any policy, provision, contract, plan or agreement to which this article applies, any entity regulated by this article shall, on or after July 1, 2009, provide as benefits to all subscribers and members coverage for dental anesthesia services as hereinafter set forth.
(2)A child who is twelve years of age or younger with documented phobias, or with documented mental illness, and with dental needs of such magnitude that treatment should not be delayed or deferred and for whom lack of treatment can be expected to result in infection, loss of teeth or other increased oral or dental morbidity and for whom a successful result cannot be expected from dental care provided under local anesthesia because of such condition and for whom a superior result can be expected from dental care provided under general anesthesia.
(2)A child who is twelve years of age or younger with documented phobias, or with documented mental illness, and with dental needs of such magnitude that treatment should not be delayed or deferred and for whom lack of treatment can be expected to result in infection, loss of teeth, or other increased oral or dental morbidity and for whom a successful result cannot be expected from dental care provided under local anesthesia because of such condition and for whom a superior result can be expected from dental care provided under general anesthesia.