New Hampshire Revised Statutes 415:6-e – Coverage for Diabetes Services and Supplies
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 415:6-e
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
Each insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses, shall provide to certificate holders of such insurance, who are residents of this state, coverage for medically appropriate and necessary outpatient self-management training and educational services, pursuant to a written order of a primary care physician or practitioner, including but not limited to medical nutrition therapy for the treatment of diabetes, provided by a certified, registered, or licensed health care professional with expertise in diabetes, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy. Each insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses which provides a prescription rider shall cover medically appropriate or necessary insulin, oral agents, and equipment used to treat diabetes subject to the terms and conditions of the policy. Each insurer that provides coverage for prescription insulin drugs shall cap the total amount that a covered person is required to pay for each covered insulin drug prescription at an amount not to exceed $30 for each 30-day supply of each insulin prescription. The maximum $30 copayment for each 30-day supply of each covered insulin drug prescription shall apply when an original prescription is dispensed as well as when refills of the prescription are dispensed, including early refills. Coverage for prescription insulin drugs shall not be subject to any deductible. Each insurer that issues or renews any individual policy, plan, or contract of accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses which provides for durable medical equipment coverage shall provide coverage for medically appropriate or necessary equipment used to treat diabetes subject to the terms and conditions of the policy.