Bill > H887

This bill requires health insurance plans, including those offered to state employees, individual accident and sickness policies, group accident and sickness policies, hospital service plans, medical service agreements, and health maintenance contracts, to cover medically necessary treatments for speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, diseases, illnesses, injuries, or bodily dysfunctions when these treatments are required by a student's individualized education program (IEP), individualized family service plan (IFSP), individualized service plan, or the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. These plans must provide these benefits without discrimination, meaning they cannot treat these specific medically necessary services less favorably than other covered services. The bill aims to ensure that students with identified needs receive the necessary therapeutic and medical support outlined in their educational plans through their health insurance coverage.