Sec. 8. (a) A policy of accident and sickness insurance must provide coverage for routine care costs that are incurred in the course of a clinical trial if the policy of accident and sickness insurance would provide coverage for the same routine care costs not incurred in a clinical trial.
(b) The coverage that must be provided under this section is subject to the terms, conditions, restrictions, exclusions, and limitations that apply generally under the policy of accident and sickness insurance, including terms, conditions, restrictions, exclusions, or limitations that apply to health care services rendered by contracted providers and noncontracted providers.
(c) This section does not do any of the following:
(1) Require an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance to provide coverage for clinical trial services rendered by a contracted provider.
(2) Prohibit an insurer that issues a policy of accident and sickness insurance from providing coverage for clinical trial services rendered by a contracted provider.
(3) Require reimbursement under a policy of accident and sickness insurance for services that are rendered in a clinical trial by a noncontracted provider at the same rate of reimbursement that would apply to the same services rendered by a contracted provider.
As added by P.L.109-2009, SEC.3.