A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REENACT A LAW CONCERNING HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN CO‑PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES PERFORMED BY CHIROPRACTORS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION STUDY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE PROVIDER practice SUSTAINABILITY and training/additional transparency in health care.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 58‑50‑30(a3) reads as rewritten:
"(a3)	Whenever any health benefit plan, subscriber contract, or policy of insurance issued by a health maintenance organization, hospital or medical service corporation, or insurer governed by Articles 1 through 67 of this Chapter provides coverage for medically necessary treatment, the insurer shall not impose any limitation on treatment or levels of coverage if performed by a duly licensed chiropractor acting within the scope of the chiropractor's practice as defined in G.S. 90‑151 unless a comparable limitation is imposed on the medically necessary treatment if performed or authorized by any other duly licensed physician. An insurer shall not impose upon an insured as a limitation on treatment or level of coverage a co-payment amount for services performed by a duly licensed chiropractor that is higher than the copayment amount imposed upon the insured for services performed by a duly licensed primary care physician for a comparable, medically necessary treatment or condition."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2015, and applies to insurance policies issued, renewed, or amended on or after that date.