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Committee approves SB 181 with amendment after insurer and sponsor negotiate specialist list
Summary
SB 181 — which makes procedural and coverage‑scope changes for certain rare pediatric conditions and reporting to a Center of Excellence — passed as amended after the committee removed 'immunologist' from a list of required consulting specialists following insurer concerns about clinical appropriateness and cost for IVIG.
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee voted to approve SB 181 as amended after negotiations between the sponsor and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arkansas. Senator Kim Hammer presented the broadly redrafted bill, which removes an advisory council that had been set to sunset, creates a rulemaking path for the insurance commissioner, and directs coordination with a Center of Excellence at Children’s Hospital and UAMS for diagnoses and…
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