FIRST REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 614

95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES SCHAAF (Sponsor), MEADOWS, KELLY, COOPER, DEEKEN, SCHOELLER, FAITH, SCHARNHORST, SILVEY, GATSCHENBERGER AND DOUGHERTY (Co-sponsors).

1666L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 376, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to health insurance co-payments and co-insurance.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 376, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 376.391, to read as follows:

            376.391. A health benefit plan or health carrier, as defined in section 376.1350, including but not limited to preferred provider organizations, independent physicians associations, third-party administrators, or any entity that contracts with licensed health care providers shall not impose any co-payment or co-insurance, or any combination of co-payments and co-insurance, that exceeds fifty percent of the total cost of providing any single health care service to its enrollees.

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