§ 22:1031 — Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder; coverage; diagnosis

A. Any hospital, health, or medical expense insurance policy, hospital or medical service contract, employee welfare benefit plan, health and accident insurance policy, or any other insurance contract of this type, including a group insurance plan, or any policy of group, family group, blanket, or association health and accident insurance, and a self-insurance plan, which is delivered or issued for delivery in this state on or after January 1, 1994, shall include benefits payable for diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder as provided in this Section. These benefits shall be payable under the same circumstances and conditions as benefits are paid under those policies, contracts, benefit plans, agreements, or programs for all other diagnoses, illnesses, or accidents.
B. The diagnosis and treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder shall be covered when rendered or prescribed by a physician or other appropriate health care provider licensed in this state and received in any physician's or other appropriate health care provider's office, any licensed hospital, or in any other licensed public or private facility, or portion thereof, including but not limited to clinics and mobile screening units. However, benefits for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder provided for an initial diagnosis shall not exceed six hundred dollars. Services rendered on an outpatient basis shall not exceed fifty dollars per visit with a physician or other appropriate health care provider and total benefits shall be limited to ten thousand dollars during a person's lifetime, and shall not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars in any given year. The limitation on benefits payable for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder shall be minimum levels of coverage and nothing in this Section shall prohibit insurers from offering benefits in excess of the coverage provided for in this Subsection.
C. This Section shall apply to any new policy, contract, program, or plan issued on or after January 1, 1994. Any policy, contract, or plan in effect prior to January 1, 1994, shall convert to conform to the provisions of this Section on or before the renewal date but in no event later than January 1, 1995.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to limited benefit health insurance policies or contracts.

Legislative History

Acts 1993, No. 376, §1; Acts 1995, No. 593, §1; Acts 2003, No. 129, §1, eff. May 28, 2003; Redesignated from R.S. 22:215.15 by Acts 2008, No. 415, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009; Acts 2010, No. 919, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.