Guest guest Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 This was posted on another group yesterday - thought I'd pass it along A bill passed today: " The Governor also signed Senate Bill 101, sponsored by Senator Crotty and Representative Coulson (R - Glenview), which requires health insurance policies to cover habilitative services for children under 19 years of age with a congenital, genetic or early acquired disorder. Habilitative services include occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy and other prescribed services to treat disorders like autism and cerebral palsy. " http://www.illinois .gov/PressReleas es/ShowPressRele ase.cfm?SubjectI D=2 & RecNum= 7469 (I haven't been able to find the exact legislation online anywhere) I happened to be at the signing ceremony and spoke with people involved with creating and passing the legislation. The legislation was meant to fill in the gap created by autism-specific legislation last year. This bill helps ALL children who have disorders needing therapy, whether they have autism or not. So now, if your child has apraxia, insurance companies going forward from today must provide coverage for therapy, although the extent of that coverage was not spelled out in the legislation. The term I heard was " reasonable " . A medical expert at the ceremony says this bill puts insurance companies in a difficult position of denying enough coverage if a doctor says that a child requires it. So this is a wonderful step forward, and I would encourage everyone to report back on what their experiences are in regards to their interactions with insurance companies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 So, does this apply to ALL states? And does this mean you will no longer have to fill out a " form " accompanied by " a letter of medical necessity " ? > > This was posted on another group yesterday - thought I'd pass it along > > A bill passed today: > " The Governor also signed Senate Bill 101, sponsored by Senator Crotty and Representative Coulson (R - Glenview), which requires health insurance policies to cover habilitative services for children under 19 years of age with a congenital, genetic or early acquired disorder. > > Habilitative services include occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy and other prescribed services to treat disorders like autism and cerebral palsy. " > http://www.illinois .gov/PressReleas es/ShowPressRele ase.cfm?SubjectI D=2 & RecNum= 7469 > > (I haven't been able to find the exact legislation online anywhere) > > I happened to be at the signing ceremony and spoke with people involved with creating and passing the legislation. The legislation was meant to fill in the gap created by autism-specific legislation last year. This bill helps ALL children who have disorders needing therapy, whether they have autism or not. > > So now, if your child has apraxia, insurance companies going forward from today must provide coverage for therapy, although the extent of that coverage was not spelled out in the legislation. The term I heard was " reasonable " . A medical expert at the ceremony says this bill puts insurance companies in a difficult position of denying enough coverage if a doctor says that a child requires it. > > So this is a wonderful step forward, and I would encourage everyone to report back on what their experiences are in regards to their interactions with insurance companies. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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