514C.21 - COVERAGE FOR IMMUNIZATIONS -- MERCURY.

        514C.21  COVERAGE FOR IMMUNIZATIONS -- MERCURY.         1.  Third-party payment provider contracts or policies delivered,      issued for delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after      January 1, 2006, that provide reimbursement for immunizations shall      provide reimbursement for immunizations containing no more than trace      amounts of mercury at the acquisition cost rate for immunizations      containing no more than trace amounts of mercury.  For the purposes      of this section, "trace amounts" means trace amounts as defined      by the United States food and drug administration.         2.  For the purposes of this section, "third-party payment      provider contracts or policies" includes:         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 organized delivery system licensed by the director of      public health.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         2004 Acts, ch 1159, §2         Organized delivery systems authorized; see 93 Acts, ch 158, §3