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Committee hears bill to require insurance coverage for PANS/PANDAS treatment for children
Summary
House Bill 124 would require major medical insurance to cover health care services for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric syndromes (PANS/PANDAS) in accordance with nationally recognized clinical guidance; testimony focused on early diagnosis and standard treatments and noted lack of consensus on some advanced therapies
Representative Mitchell Scoggins told the Senate Insurance and Labor Committee he introduced House Bill 124 (LC520603) to require insurance coverage for health care services for children diagnosed with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndromes (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorder associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
The sponsor described PANS and PANDAS as neuropsychiatric conditions that typically affect children ages roughly 3–13 and said early treatment—often antibiotics and other standard measures—can prevent long-term effects. “The trick to this is getting early treatment to PANS and PANDAS and getting them to a doctor, getting them on antibiotics, because early…
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