Indiana Code 27-8-24.1-5. Coverage for medical food
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Sec. 5. An accident and sickness insurance policy must provide coverage for medical food that is:
(2) prescribed by a covered individual‘s treating physician for treatment of the covered individual’s inherited metabolic disease.
(1) medically necessary; and
Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-8-24.1-5
- accident and sickness insurance policy: means an insurance policy that provides at least one (1) of the types of insurance described in IC 27-1-5-1, Classes 1(b) and 2(a), and is issued on a group basis. See Indiana Code 27-8-24.1-1
- covered individual: means an individual who is entitled to coverage under an accident and sickness insurance policy. See Indiana Code 27-8-24.1-2
- inherited metabolic disease: means a disease:
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- medical food: means a formula that is:
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As added by P.L.166-2003, SEC.2.