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Committee adopts technical amendment and advances insurer coverage bill for autologous breast reconstruction
Summary
Senate Bill 1137, which would require health insurers to cover autologous breast reconstruction and meet network adequacy for those procedures, received a technical amendment correcting a definition and was forwarded to the full committee with bipartisan support and recorded praise from advocates.
Senate Bill 1137, which would require health insurers to provide coverage for autologous breast reconstruction procedures and to meet network adequacy standards so services are available without unreasonable delay, was moved to the Ways and Means full committee on May 28 after the Legislative Fiscal Office described a minimal fiscal impact.
LFO staff said the measure is expected to have a minimal fiscal impact on the Oregon Health Authority and no fiscal impact on the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The dash a2 amendment adopted in the work session makes a technical correction to language on page 1, line 17, changing "muscle sparking" to "muscle sparing." LFO noted the correction does not change the minimal fiscal impact.
Senator Hayden took a moment to commend advocates who shared personal testimony in support of the bill, calling their stories "very powerful" and stating she would give the bill a "strong yes." The subcommittee assigned carriers to take the measure to the Senate and House floors and moved the bill to the full committee with no recorded objections.
The committee record shows the dash a2 technical amendment was adopted and the measure was forwarded for further consideration by the full committee.
