HF 2145 - Mandatory HPV Vaccination Coverage - Iowa Key Vote

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Title: Mandatory HPV Vaccination Coverage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires health insurance plans entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2009 that provide coverage for any vaccination or immunization to provide coverage for the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccinations.

Highlights:

- Specifies that the coverage requirements of this bill include, but are not limited to, the following types of plans (Sec. 1):

    - Individual or group accident and sickness insurance providing coverage on an expense incurred basis; - Individual or group hospital or medical service contracts; - Individual or group health maintenance organization contracts; - Individual or group Medicare supplemental policies, unless the coverage of such policies is preempted by federal law; and - A plan established for public employees.
- Exempts the following types of coverage from having to compensate for HPV vaccines (Sec. 1):
    - Accident only; - Specified disease; - Short-term hospital or medical; - Hospital confinement indemnity; - Credit; - Dental; - Vision; - Long-term car; and - Basic hospital and medical-surgical expense.

See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Mandatory HPV Vaccination Coverage

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires health insurance plans entered into or renewed on or after January 1, 2009 that provide coverage for any vaccination or immunization to provide coverage for the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccinations.

Highlights:

- Specifies that the coverage requirements of this bill include, but are not limited to, the following types of plans (Sec. 1):

    - Individual or group accident and sickness insurance providing coverage on an expense incurred basis; - Individual or group hospital or medical service contracts; - Individual or group health maintenance organization contracts; - Individual or group Medicare supplemental policies, unless the coverage of such policies is preempted by federal law; and - A plan established for public employees.
- Exempts the following types of coverage from having to compensate for HPV vaccines (Sec. 1):
    - Accident only; - Specified disease; - Short-term hospital or medical; - Hospital confinement indemnity; - Credit; - Dental; - Vision; - Long-term car; and - Basic hospital and medical-surgical expense.

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