Tennessee § 56-7-2505 - Phenylketonuria (PKU) treatment.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 56-7-2505 — Phenylketonuria (PKU) treatment., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 56-7-2505. Phenylketonuria (PKU) treatment.
Any individual, franchise, blanket or group health insurance policy, medical service plan, contract, hospital service corporation contract, hospital and medical service corporation contract, fraternal benefit society, or health maintenance organization that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance and that is delivered, issued for delivery, amended or renewed on or after July 1, 1995, shall provide coverage for the treatment of phenylketonuria. As used in this section, “treatment” means licensed professional medical services under the supervision of a physician and those special dietary formulas that are medically necessary for the therapeutic treatment of phenylketonuria. Acts 1996, ch. 893, § 1. Cross-References. Metabolic defects, newborn testing, title 68, ch. 5, part 4.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 56-7-2505 ("Phenylketonuria (PKU) treatment.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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