Iowa Code 514C.18 – Diabetes coverage
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- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
514C.18 Diabetes coverage.
1. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment requirements of § 514C.6, a policy or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide coverage benefits for the cost associated with equipment, supplies, and self-management training and education for the treatment of all types of diabetes mellitus when prescribed by a physician licensed under chapter 148 or a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C. Coverage benefits shall include coverage for the cost associated with all of the following:
a. Equipment and supplies.
b. Payment for diabetes self-management training and education only under all of the following conditions:
(1) The physician or physician assistant managing the individual’s diabetic condition certifies that such services are needed under a comprehensive plan of care related to the individual’s diabetic condition to ensure therapy compliance or to provide the individual with necessary skills and knowledge to participate in the management of the individual’s condition.
(2) The diabetes self-management training and education program is certified by the department of health and human services. The department shall consult with the American diabetes association, Iowa affiliate, in developing the standards for certification of diabetes education programs that cover at least ten hours of initial outpatient diabetes self-management training within a continuous twelve-month period and up to two hours of follow-up training for each subsequent year for each individual diagnosed by a physician or physician assistant with any type of diabetes mellitus.
2. a. This section applies to the following classes of third-party payment provider contracts or policies that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state: (1) Individual or group accident and sickness insurance providing coverage on an
expense-incurred basis.
(2) An individual or group hospital or medical service contract issued pursuant to chapter
509, 514, or 514A.
(3) An individual or group health maintenance organization contract regulated under chapter 514B.
(4) Any other entity engaged in the business of insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner.
(5) A plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for public employees.
b. This section shall not apply to accident-only, specified disease, short-term hospital or medical, hospital confinement indemnity, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, long-term care, basic hospital and medical-surgical expense coverage as defined by the commissioner, disability income insurance coverage, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers’ compensation or similar insurance, or automobile medical payment insurance.
99 Acts, ch 75, §1; 99 Acts, ch 208, §58; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §133; 2009 Acts, ch 139, §1, 2;
2011 Acts, ch 70, §28; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §71; 2022 Acts, ch 1066, §47, 48; 2023 Acts, ch 19,
§1200; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §120
2009 amendment takes effect May 22, 2009, and applies to the classes of third-party payment provider contracts or policies that are
delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed on or after July 1, 2009; 2009 Acts, ch 139, §2
Subsection 1, paragraph b, subparagraph (2) amended
Subsection 2, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended
1. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment requirements of § 514C.6, a policy or contract providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall provide coverage benefits for the cost associated with equipment, supplies, and self-management training and education for the treatment of all types of diabetes mellitus when prescribed by a physician licensed under chapter 148 or a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C. Coverage benefits shall include coverage for the cost associated with all of the following:
a. Equipment and supplies.
b. Payment for diabetes self-management training and education only under all of the following conditions:
(1) The physician or physician assistant managing the individual’s diabetic condition certifies that such services are needed under a comprehensive plan of care related to the individual’s diabetic condition to ensure therapy compliance or to provide the individual with necessary skills and knowledge to participate in the management of the individual’s condition.
(2) The diabetes self-management training and education program is certified by the department of health and human services. The department shall consult with the American diabetes association, Iowa affiliate, in developing the standards for certification of diabetes education programs that cover at least ten hours of initial outpatient diabetes self-management training within a continuous twelve-month period and up to two hours of follow-up training for each subsequent year for each individual diagnosed by a physician or physician assistant with any type of diabetes mellitus.
2. a. This section applies to the following classes of third-party payment provider contracts or policies that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state: (1) Individual or group accident and sickness insurance providing coverage on an
expense-incurred basis.
(2) An individual or group hospital or medical service contract issued pursuant to chapter
509, 514, or 514A.
(3) An individual or group health maintenance organization contract regulated under chapter 514B.
(4) Any other entity engaged in the business of insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner.
(5) A plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for public employees.
b. This section shall not apply to accident-only, specified disease, short-term hospital or medical, hospital confinement indemnity, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, long-term care, basic hospital and medical-surgical expense coverage as defined by the commissioner, disability income insurance coverage, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers’ compensation or similar insurance, or automobile medical payment insurance.
99 Acts, ch 75, §1; 99 Acts, ch 208, §58; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §133; 2009 Acts, ch 139, §1, 2;
2011 Acts, ch 70, §28; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §71; 2022 Acts, ch 1066, §47, 48; 2023 Acts, ch 19,
§1200; 2023 Acts, ch 66, §120
2009 amendment takes effect May 22, 2009, and applies to the classes of third-party payment provider contracts or policies that are
delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed on or after July 1, 2009; 2009 Acts, ch 139, §2
Subsection 1, paragraph b, subparagraph (2) amended
Subsection 2, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended