45 CFR §152.19
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- (a)Required benefits. Each benefit plan offered by a PCIP shall cover at least the following categories and the items and services:
- (1)Hospital inpatient services
- (2)Hospital outpatient services
- (3)Mental health and substance abuse services
- (4)Professional services for the diagnosis or treatment of injury, illness, or condition
- (5)Non-custodial skilled nursing services
- (6)Home health services
- (7)Durable medical equipment and supplies
- (8)Diagnostic x-rays and laboratory tests
- (9)Physical therapy services (occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy)
- (10)Hospice
- (11)Emergency services, consistent with § 152.22(b), and ambulance services
- (12)Prescription drugs
- (13)Preventive care
- (14)Maternity care
- (b)Excluded services. Benefit plans offered by a PCIP shall not cover the following services:
- (1)Cosmetic surgery or other treatment for cosmetic purposes except to restore bodily function or correct deformity resulting from disease.
- (2)Custodial care except for hospice care associated with the palliation of terminal illness.
- (3)In vitro fertilization, artificial insemination or any other artificial means used to cause pregnancy.
- (4)Abortion services except when the life of the woman would be endangered or when the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest.
- (5)Experimental care except as part of an FDA-approved clinical trial.