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Committee rejects bill that would expand insurer coverage for maxillofacial procedures
Summary
A Senate committee declined to advance SB 137, which would have clarified insurer coverage for maxillofacial services arising from congenital anomalies, disease or trauma after testimony from prosthodontists and objections citing broad language and contested fiscal estimates.
The Senate Insurance & Commerce Committee did not advance Senate Bill 137 after a contested hearing in which proponents urged the panel to clarify coverage for maxillofacial services and opponents warned the measure would be broader than intended.
Grant Fortson, representing Arkansas surgical prosthodontists, told the committee SB 137 would clarify that certain…
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