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(a) Lifetime limits on the dollar value of benefits for an enrollee or a dependent
25of an enrollee under the plan.
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1(b) Limits on the dollar value of benefits for an enrollee or a dependent of an
2enrollee under the plan for the initial or cumulative duration of the plan.
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3Section
2949. 632.76 (2) (a) and (ac) 1. and 2. of the statutes are amended to
4read:
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632.76
(2) (a) No claim for loss incurred or disability commencing after 2 years
6from the date of issue of the policy may be reduced or denied on the ground that a
7disease or physical condition existed prior to the effective date of coverage, unless the
8condition was excluded from coverage by name or specific description by a provision
9effective on the date of loss. This paragraph does not apply to a group health benefit
10plan, as defined in s. 632.745 (9), which is subject to s. 632.746
, a disability insurance
11policy, as defined in s. 632.895 (1) (a), or a self-insured health plan, as defined in s.
12632.85 (1) (c).
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(ac) 1.
Notwithstanding par. (a), no No claim or loss incurred or disability
14commencing
after 12 months from the date of issue of
under an individual disability
15insurance policy, as defined in s. 632.895 (1) (a), may be reduced or denied on the
16ground that a disease or physical condition existed prior to the effective date of
17coverage
, unless the condition was excluded from coverage by name or specific
18description by a provision effective on the date of the loss.
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2.
Except as provided in subd. 3., an An individual disability insurance policy,
20as defined in s. 632.895 (1) (a), other than a short-term policy subject to s. 632.7495
21(4) and (5), may not define a preexisting condition more restrictively than a condition
22that was present before the date of enrollment for the coverage, whether physical or
23mental, regardless of the cause of the condition,
for which and regardless of whether 24medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received
within
2512 months before the effective date of coverage.
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1Section
2950. 632.76 (2) (ac) 3. (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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632.76
(2) (ac) 3. (intro.) Except as the commissioner provides by rule under
3s. 632.7495 (5), all of the following apply to an individual disability insurance policy
4that is a short-term
, limited duration policy subject to s. 632.7495 (4) and (5):
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5Section
2951. 632.76 (2) (ac) 3. b. of the statutes is amended to read:
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632.76
(2) (ac) 3. b. The policy
shall reduce the length of time during which a 7may not impose any preexisting condition exclusion
may be imposed by the
8aggregate of the insured's consecutive periods of coverage under the insurer's
9individual disability insurance policies that are short-term policies subject to s.
10632.7495 (4) and (5). For purposes of this subd. 3. b., coverage periods are consecutive
11if there are no more than 63 days between the coverage periods.
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12Section
2952. 632.795 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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632.795
(4) (a) An insurer subject to sub. (2) shall provide coverage under the
14same policy form and for the same premium as it originally offered in the most recent
15enrollment period, subject only to the medical underwriting used in that enrollment
16period. Unless otherwise prescribed by rule, the insurer may apply deductibles,
17preexisting condition limitations, waiting periods
, or other limits only to the extent
18that they would have been applicable had coverage been extended at the time of the
19most recent enrollment period and with credit for the satisfaction or partial
20satisfaction of similar provisions under the liquidated insurer's policy or plan. The
21insurer may exclude coverage of claims that are payable by a solvent insurer under
22insolvency coverage required by the commissioner or by the insurance regulator of
23another jurisdiction. Coverage shall be effective on the date that the liquidated
24insurer's coverage terminates.
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25Section
2953. 632.796 of the statutes is created to read:
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1632.796 Drug cost report.
(1) Definition. In this section, “disability
2insurance policy” has the meaning given in s. 632.895 (1) (a).
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3(2) Report required. Annually, at the time the insurer files its rate request
4with the commissioner, each insurer that offers a disability insurance policy that
5covers prescription drugs shall submit to the commissioner a report that identifies
6the 25 prescription drugs that are the highest cost to the insurer and the 25
7prescription drugs that have the highest cost increases over the 12 months before the
8submission of the report.
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9Section 2954
. 632.86 of the statutes is repealed.
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10Section 2955
. 632.861 of the statutes is created to read:
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11632.861 Prescription drug charges.
(1) Definitions. In this section:
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(a) “Disability insurance policy” has the meaning given in s. 632.895 (1) (a).
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(b) “Enrollee” means an individual who is covered under a disability insurance
14policy or a self-insured health plan.
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(c) “Pharmacy benefit manager” has the meaning given in s. 632.865 (1) (c).
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(d) “Prescription drug” has the meaning given in s. 450.01 (20).
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(e) “Prescription drug benefit” has the meaning given in s. 632.865 (1) (e).
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(f) “Self-insured health plan” has the meaning given in s. 632.85 (1) (c).
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19(2) Allowing disclosures. (a) A disability insurance policy or self-insured
20health plan that provides a prescription drug benefit may not restrict, directly or
21indirectly, any pharmacy that dispenses a prescription drug to an enrollee in the
22policy or plan from informing, or penalize such pharmacy for informing, an enrollee
23of any differential between the out-of-pocket cost to the enrollee under the policy or
24plan with respect to acquisition of the drug and the amount an individual would pay
1for acquisition of the drug without using any health plan or health insurance
2coverage.
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(b) A disability insurance policy or self-insured health plan that provides a
4prescription drug benefit shall ensure that any pharmacy benefit manager that
5provides services under a contract with the policy or plan does not, with respect to
6such policy or plan, restrict, directly or indirectly, any pharmacy that dispenses a
7prescription drug to an enrollee in the policy or plan from informing, or penalize such
8pharmacy for informing, an enrollee of any differential between the out-of-pocket
9cost to the enrollee under the policy or plan with respect to acquisition of the drug
10and the amount an individual would pay for acquisition of the drug without using
11any health plan or health insurance coverage.
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12(3) Cost-sharing limitation. A disability insurance policy or self-insured
13health plan that provides a prescription drug benefit or a pharmacy benefit manager
14that provides services under a contract with a policy or plan may not require an
15enrollee to pay at the point of sale for a covered prescription drug an amount that is
16greater than the lowest of all of the following amounts:
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(a) The cost-sharing amount for the prescription drug for the enrollee under
18the policy or plan.
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(b) The amount a person would pay for the prescription drug if the enrollee
20purchased the prescription drug at the dispensing pharmacy without using any
21health plan or health insurance coverage.