514C.29 Services provided by a doctor of chiropractic.
1. Notwithstanding the uniformity of treatment requirements of section 514C.6, a policy, contract, or plan providing for third-party payment or prepayment of health or medical expenses shall not impose a copayment or coinsurance amount on an insured for services provided by a doctor of chiropractic licensed pursuant to chapter 151 that is greater than the copayment or coinsurance amount imposed on the insured for services provided by a person engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery under chapter 148 for the same or a similar diagnosed condition even if a different nomenclature is used to describe the condition for which the services are provided.
2. This section applies to the following classes of third-party payment provider policies, contracts, or plans delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after July 1, 2012:
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. A plan established pursuant to chapter 509A for public employees.
3. This section shall not apply to accident-only, specified disease, short-term hospital or medical, hospital confinement indemnity, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, 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.
2012 Acts, ch 1138, §36; 2017 Acts, ch 148, §81
Structure Iowa Code
Chapter 514C - SPECIAL HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVERAGES
Section 514C.1 - Supplemental coverage for adopted or newly born children.
Section 514C.2 - Skilled nursing care covered in hospitals.
Section 514C.3 - Dentist’s services under accident and sickness insurance policies.
Section 514C.3A - Disclosures relating to dental coverage reimbursement rates.
Section 514C.3B - Dental coverage — fee schedules.
Section 514C.4 - Mandated coverage for mammography.
Section 514C.5 - Prescription drug benefit restrictions.
Section 514C.6 - Uniformity of treatment — employee welfare benefit plans.
Section 514C.8 - Coordination of health care benefits with state medical assistance.
Section 514C.9 - Medical support — insurance requirements.
Section 514C.10 - Coverage for adopted child.
Section 514C.12 - Postdelivery benefits and care.
Section 514C.14 - Continuity of care — pregnancy.
Section 514C.15 - Treatment options.
Section 514C.16 - Emergency room services.
Section 514C.17 - Continuity of care — terminal illness.
Section 514C.18 - Diabetes coverage.
Section 514C.19 - Prescription contraceptive coverage.
Section 514C.20 - Mandated coverage for dental care — anesthesia and certain hospital charges.
Section 514C.21 - Coverage for immunizations — mercury.
Section 514C.22 - Biologically based mental illness coverage.
Section 514C.23 - Human papilloma virus vaccinations — coverage.
Section 514C.24 - Cancer treatment — coverage.
Section 514C.25 - Coverage for prosthetic devices.
Section 514C.26 - Approved cancer clinical trials coverage.
Section 514C.27 - Mental illness and substance abuse treatment coverage for veterans.
Section 514C.28 - Autism spectrum disorders coverage.
Section 514C.29 - Services provided by a doctor of chiropractic.
Section 514C.31 - Applied behavior analysis for treatment of autism spectrum disorder — coverage.
Section 514C.33 - Services provided by provisionally licensed psychologists.
Section 514C.34 - Health care services delivered by telehealth — coverage.
Section 514C.35 - Behavioral health services provided in a school — coverage.