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Subcommittee hears bill to require state health plan coverage for PANS/PANDAS treatments including IVIG
Summary
House Bill 124 (LC 520700 s) was presented to the Life and Health Insurance Subcommittee to require coverage under the state employee health benefit plan for health-care services related to PANS and PANDAS, including IVIG and ozone therapy.
House Bill 124 (LC 520700 s) was presented to the Life and Health Insurance Subcommittee to require coverage under the state employee health benefit plan for health-care services related to PANS and PANDAS, including intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) and ozone therapy.
Representative Mitchell Scoggins (R‑District 14), sponsor of the bill, opened with family testimony and a short news clip describing children whose behavior and health deteriorated after infections. “This bill would, deals in Title 33 and Title 45 … relating to the general provisions to insurance and the state employee’s health insurance plan so as to require coverage for health care for services with PANS and PANDAS,” Scoggins said, noting the bill’s language explicitly includes IVIG and ozone therapy.
Parents and caregivers gave extended testimony about diagnosis timelines, treatment…
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