| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3173-F is enacted to read: |
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| | | §3173-F.__Reimbursement for wigs |
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| | | Through a program of Medicaid coverage, the department shall | | provide reimbursement, up to $200 to the extent allowable | | under the United States Social Security Act, Title XIX or | | successors to it, for the purchase of a wig or hairpiece when | | the wig or hairpiece is purchased to cover baldness or thin | | hair resulting from a disease attested to by a physician or | | treatment for such a disease. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2745-H is enacted to read: |
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| | | §2745-H.__Coverage for wigs |
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| | | 1.__Required coverage.__All individual insurance policies | | and contracts, except accidental injury, specified disease, | | hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, long-term care and | | other limited benefit health insurance policies and contracts, | | must provide coverage up to $200 for the purchase of a wig or | | hairpiece when the wig or hairpiece is purchased to cover | | baldness or thin hair resulting from a disease attested to by | | a physician or treatment for such a disease. |
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| | | 2.__Application.__The requirements of this section apply to | | all policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, | | issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or | | after October 1, 2003.__For purposes of this section, all | | contracts are deemed to be renewed no later than the next | | yearly anniversary of the contract date. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2837-I is enacted to read: |
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| | | §2837-I.__Coverage for wigs |
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| | | 1.__Required coverage.__All group insurance policies and | | contracts, except accidental injury, specified disease, | | hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, long-term care and | | other limited benefit health insurance policies and contracts, | | must provide coverage up to $200 for the purchase of a wig or | | hairpiece when the wig or hairpiece is purchased to cover | | baldness or thin hair resulting from a disease attested to by | | a physician or treatment for such a disease. |
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| | | 2.__Application.__The requirements of this section apply to | | all policies, contracts and certificates executed, delivered, | | issued for delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or |
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