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House approves limited obesity-treatment bill after debate over GLP-1 coverage and costs
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 48 after amendments narrowed its scope. Sponsors sought coverage expansion for behavioral therapies, diabetes-prevention programs and bariatric surgery in large-group plans and left optional employer coverage for GLP-1 medications; opponents warned of large cost and premium increases.
The Colorado House on May 5 passed a narrowed version of Senate Bill 48, a health bill that initially pursued broad insurance coverage of obesity treatments and diabetes prevention measures.
"This bill will make sure that large group health plans are required to cover behavioral health therapies, the National Diabetes Prevention Program, and medical nutrition therapy," Representative Brown, a co-prime sponsor, told members. The final measure requires coverage of certain behavioral and clinical services and bariatric surgery in designated large-group plans, but sponsors removed a Medicaid mandate and the bill no longer requires all…
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