Indiana § 27-8-6-6 - Coverage for athletic trainer services
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 27-8-6-6 — Coverage for athletic trainer services, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 27-8-6-6. Coverage for athletic trainer services
Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "policy of accident and sickness insurance" has the meaning set forth in IC 27-8-5-1. However, the term does not include the following:
(1) Accident only, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, long term care, or disability income insurance.
(2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance.
(3) Automobile medical payment insurance.
(4) A specified disease policy.
(5) A short term insurance plan that:
(A) may be renewed for the greater of:
(i) thirty-six (36) months; or
(ii) the maximum period permitted under federal law;
(B) has a term of not more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days; and
(C) has an annual limit of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000).
(6) A policy that provides indemnity benefits not based on any expense incurred requirement, including a plan that provides coverage for:
(A) hospital confinement, critical illness, or intensive care; or
(B) gaps for deductibles or copayments.
(7) A supplemental plan that always pays in addition to other coverage.
(b) A policy of accident and sickness insurance that provides coverage for physical medicine and rehabilitative services shall provide the coverage for physical medicine and rehabilitative services that are:
(1) rendered by an athletic trainer who is licensed under IC 25-5.1; and
(2) within the athletic trainer's scope of practice.
(c) This section does not require a policy of accident and sickness insurance to provide coverage for physical medicine or rehabilitative services generally.
As added by P.L.133-2011, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.288-2019, SEC.8.
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