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Committee backs bill to require insurance coverage for PANS/PANDAS treatment
Summary
The House Insurance Committee voted to advance House Bill 124, which would require coverage for pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndromes (PANS/PANDAS) under state-regulated plans including the State Employees' Health Benefit Plan; sponsors said the measure responds to narrow clinical needs and that insurers showed no objection in earlier talks.
The Georgia House Insurance Committee voted to advance House Bill 124, a measure that would require coverage for pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndromes known as PANS and PANDAS under provisions of Title 33 and Title 45, including the State Employees' Health Benefit Plan.
Representative Scoggins, sponsor of House Bill 124, told the committee the bill would amend provisions in Title 33 (insurance) and Title 45 (state employees' health benefits) to require coverage for PANS and PANDAS. "We're asking to require coverage…
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