Iowa Code
Chapter 514C - SPECIAL HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVERAGES
Section 514C.23 - Human papilloma virus vaccinations — coverage.

514C.23 Human papilloma virus vaccinations — coverage.
1. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment requirements of section 514C.6, a contract, policy, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses that provides coverage benefits for any vaccination or immunization shall provide coverage benefits for a vaccination for human papilloma virus, including but not limited to the following classes of third-party payment provider contracts, policies, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 2009:
a. Individual or group accident and sickness insurance providing coverage on an expense-incurred basis.
b. An individual or group hospital or medical service contract issued pursuant to chapter 509, 514, or 514A.
c. An individual or group health maintenance organization contract regulated under chapter 514B.
d. An individual or group Medicare supplemental policy, unless coverage pursuant to such policy is preempted by federal law.
e. A plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for public employees.
2. This section shall not apply to accident-only, specified disease, short-term hospital or medical, hospital confinement indemnity, credit, dental, vision, long-term care, basic hospital and medical-surgical expense coverage as defined by the commissioner, disability income insurance coverage, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, workers’ compensation or similar insurance, or automobile medical payment insurance.
3. As used in this section, “human papilloma virus” means the human papilloma virus as defined by the centers for disease control and prevention of the United States department of health and human services.
4. The commissioner of insurance shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A as necessary to administer this section.
2008 Acts, ch 1108, §1

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