South Dakota Statutes
§ 58-17-98 — Health insurance policies to provide coverage for biologically
Every policy of health insurance that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state, except for policies that provide coverage for specified disease or other limited benefit coverage, shall provide, in writing, coverage for the treatment and diagnosis of biologically - based mental illnesses with the same dollar limits, deductibles, coinsurance factors, and restrictions as for other covered illnesses. The term, biologically - based mental illness, means schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, major depression, and obsessive - compulsive disorder.
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Legislative History
SL 1998, ch 291, § 1; SL 1999, ch 251, § 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 58-1-1
Citation of title.§ 58-1-11
General saving clause.§ 58-1-13
Severability of provisions.§ 58-1-14
Notice of nonrenewal of policy must be mailed sixty days prior to renewal date--Exceptions.§ 58-1-14.1
Notice of refusal to renew--Thirty§ 58-1-16.1
Applicability of §§ 58-1-18
Repealed by SL 2012, ch 252, § 30.§ 58-1-2
Definition of terms.