August 07, 2018
On June 13, 2018, Gov. Carney signed HS 1 into law. The new law prohibits group health policies from denying coverage for a National Coverage Determination Service on the basis that such service, item or treatment is experimental or investigational. National Coverage Determination Service is defined as a service, item or treatment which has been determined to be covered nationally by HHS for Medicare purposes. In other words, if a service has been determined to be an eligible expense under Medicare, a group health plan issued or renewed in DE cannot exclude coverage for that service based on the reason that it is experimental.
The law was effective upon the governor's approval.
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