Minnesota SF1101 requires health plans to cover augmentative and alternative communication systems for individuals with severe expressive.

Minnesota SF1101 amends the state's health insurance coverage requirements to include augmentative and alternative communication systems, which are electronic or nonelectronic devices that help individuals with severe expressive communication limitations to produce or transmit messages. The bill mandates that health plans cover these systems and associated habilitation services, ensuring nondiscriminatory coverage and prohibiting denial based on disability. It also specifies reimbursement rates and requires health plans to use evidence-based guidelines for coverage decisions.

Minnesota SF1101 requires health plans to cover augmentative and alternative communication systems for individuals with severe expressive.

Minnesota SF1101 amends the state's health insurance coverage requirements to include augmentative and alternative communication systems, which are electronic or nonelectronic devices that help individuals with severe expressive communication limitations to produce or transmit messages. The bill mandates that health plans cover these systems and associated habilitation services, ensuring nondiscriminatory coverage and prohibiting denial based on disability. It also specifies reimbursement rates and requires health plans to use evidence-based guidelines for coverage decisions.