Requires insurance coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset.

The bill mandates that health care insurers in Alaska provide coverage for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Insurers are prohibited from denying or delaying coverage, limiting treatment, or requiring a trial of therapies that treat only neuropsychiatric symptoms before authorizing coverage of immunomodulating therapies.

Requires insurance coverage for pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset.

The bill mandates that health care insurers in Alaska provide coverage for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome. Insurers are prohibited from denying or delaying coverage, limiting treatment, or requiring a trial of therapies that treat only neuropsychiatric symptoms before authorizing coverage of immunomodulating therapies.