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Committee bars insurers from requiring payment to providers via gift or virtual cards
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment and passed HB1125, sponsored in the Senate by Senator Irvin, which would prohibit health plans or their contractors from requiring participating providers to accept payment via gift cards, prepaid cards or virtual credit cards.
Senator Irvin presented House Bill 1125 and asked the committee to adopt an amendment that added him as a cosponsor; the committee adopted that amendment by voice vote. Irvin said the bill is straightforward: it would prohibit a health maintenance organization or its contractor from requiring a participating provider to accept payment in the form of a gift card, credit card, or virtual credit card for health‑care…
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