HB 329 – Chiropractic Care Copayment Parity

Primary House Sponsors: Rep. Mitchell Setzer (R-Catawba); Rep. Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth); Rep. Terence Everitt (D-Wake); Rep. Timothy Moffitt (R-Henderson)

Summary

This bill prohibits insurers from offering a health benefit plan that imposes any limitation on treatment or levels of coverage if performed by a chiropractor unless a comparable limitation is also imposed on the medically necessary treatment if performed or authorized by a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner.

This bill also prohibits insurers from offering a health benefit plan that imposes a copayment amount charged to the insured for chiropractic services that is higher than the copayment amount for the services of a primary care physician, physician, assistant, or nurse practitioner for a comparable medically necessary treatment or condition.

Movement

Filed – 3/17/2021