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Utah Senate moves to require insurers to disclose exclusions for secondary medical conditions

Utah State Senate · February 1, 2008
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Summary

Senators advanced SB 62 to require insurers to give prospective and annual notice of exclusions that would bar coverage for secondary medical conditions resulting from excluded procedures. Sponsors described the bill as a transparency step rather than a rewrite of insurance contracts.

Senator Greg Knudson told the Senate SB 62 would require health insurers to notify enrollees, before enrollment and at each policy anniversary, of any limitations or exclusions that would bar coverage for secondary medical conditions. "This bill amends the insurance code to require a health insurer to provide notice to an enrollee of the exclusion from coverage of a secondary medical condition resulting from an excluded condition or procedure," Knudson said.

Senators used concrete examples in floor debate.…

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