HB 121 -- Insurance Coverage for Chiropractic Care

Co-Sponsors:  Portwood, Stefanick, Avery, Baker, Moore, Deeken

This bill requires health insurers to provide chiropractic care
as part of basic health care services for covered conditions.
Health plan enrollees must be able to select their own
chiropractic physician from the provider network without a
referral or prior authorization.  Health carriers that utilize
gatekeepers may not misinform or fail to inform enrollees of the
availability of chiropractic care.  The bill also requires health
carriers to apply the same deductibles, co-payments, co-insurance
amounts, fees, benefit limits, practice parameters, and
utilization review to all in-network health care providers.  It
also prohibits health carriers from discriminating against any
health care provider or group of providers based on licensure.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated July 25, 2003 at 10:10 am