Autism insurance mandate passes in Missouri
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 | 12:14 p.m. CDT;
updated 12:24 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, May 12, 2010
BY
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY — Some Missouri
families with autistic children soon could receive insurance coverage
for behavioral therapies that can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Legislators
gave final approval Wednesday to a bill that would require group
insurance policies regulated by the state to cover up to $40,000
annually of intensive therapy for autistic children through age 18.
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The bill now goes to Gov. Jay Nixon, who made it a priority for the legislative session.
The insurance mandate would begin Jan. 1. It would apply to about one-fourth of Missouri's population — mainly those receiving health insurance from small- to medium-sized employers.
Large
employers who insure themselves are federally regulated. People with
individual insurance policies would have an option — not a requirement
— to buy autism coverage.
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