632.84 Cross-referenceCross-reference: See also s. Ins 3.55, Wis. adm. code. 632.845632.845 Prohibiting refusal to cover services because liability policy may cover. 632.845(2)(2) An insurer that provides coverage under a health care plan may not refuse to cover health care services that are provided to an insured under the plan and for which there is coverage under the plan on the basis that there may be coverage for the services under a liability insurance policy. 632.845 HistoryHistory: 2009 a. 28. 632.85632.85 Coverage without prior authorization for treatment of an emergency medical condition. 632.85(1)(a)(a) “Emergency medical condition” means a medical condition that manifests itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity, including severe pain, to lead a prudent layperson who possesses an average knowledge of health and medicine to reasonably conclude that a lack of immediate medical attention will likely result in any of the following: 632.85(1)(a)1.1. Serious jeopardy to the person’s health or, with respect to a pregnant woman, serious jeopardy to the health of the woman or her unborn child. 632.85(1)(a)3.3. Serious dysfunction of one or more of the person’s body organs or parts. 632.85(1)(c)(c) “Self-insured health plan” means a self-insured health plan of the state or a county, city, village, town or school district. 632.85(2)(2) If a health care plan or a self-insured health plan provides coverage of any emergency medical services, the health care plan or self-insured health plan shall provide coverage of emergency medical services that are provided in a hospital emergency facility and that are needed to evaluate or stabilize, as defined in section 1867 of the federal Social Security Act, an emergency medical condition. 632.85(3)(3) A health care plan or a self-insured health plan that is required to provide the coverage under sub. (2) may not require prior authorization for the provision or coverage of the emergency medical services specified in sub. (2). 632.85 HistoryHistory: 1997 a. 155. 632.853632.853 Coverage of drugs and devices. A health care plan, as defined in s. 628.36 (2) (a) 1., or a self-insured health plan, as defined in s. 632.85 (1) (c), that provides coverage of only certain specified prescription drugs or devices shall develop a process through which a physician may present medical evidence to obtain an individual patient exception for coverage of a prescription drug or device not routinely covered by the plan. The process shall include timelines for both urgent and nonurgent review. 632.853 HistoryHistory: 1997 a. 237. 632.855632.855 Requirements if experimental treatment limited. 632.855(2)(2) Disclosure of limitations. Subject to s. 632.87 (6), a health care plan or a self-insured health plan that limits coverage of experimental treatment shall define the limitation and disclose the limits in any agreement, policy or certificate of coverage. This disclosure shall include the following information: 632.855(2)(a)(a) Who is authorized to make a determination on the limitation. 632.855(2)(b)(b) The criteria the plan uses to determine whether a treatment, procedure, drug or device is experimental. 632.855(3)(am)(am) A health care plan or a self-insured health plan that receives a request for prior authorization of an experimental procedure that includes all of the required information upon which to make a decision shall, within 5 working days after receiving the request, issue a coverage decision. If the health care plan or self-insured health plan denies coverage of an experimental treatment, procedure, drug or device for an insured who has a terminal condition or illness, the health care plan or self-insured health plan shall, as part of its coverage decision, provide the insured with a denial letter that includes all of the following: 632.855(3)(am)1.1. A statement setting forth the specific medical and scientific reasons for denying coverage. 632.855(3)(am)2.2. Notice of the insured’s right to appeal and a description of the appeal procedure.