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Senate committee advances bill to bar insurer time limits on anesthesia coverage
Summary
The Health and Human Services Committee voted to pass SB 50, which would prohibit health plans from denying payment for medically necessary anesthesia services solely because a procedure exceeded a predetermined time limit. Sponsor Senator Plumb said the measure protects patient safety amid variability in procedures.
Senator Plumb urged the Senate Health and Human Services Committee to approve SB 50, saying the bill prevents health benefit plans from denying payment for necessary anesthesia care based only on pre-set time limits for procedures.
"This bill ... says that health benefits plans must pay for medically necessary…
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