LB780

Nebraska LB780 mandates insurance coverage for eating disorders, prohibiting discrimination based on body weight or prior treatment levels.

Nebraska LB780 requires health benefit plans to cover eating disorders, including medical, psychological, and pharmaceutical care, as well as nutritional counseling. The bill prohibits insurers from denying coverage based on body weight, body mass index, or physical appearance, or from requiring prior completion of lower levels of care. It mandates that eating disorder treatment limitations cannot be more stringent than those for other medical and surgical benefits. The Department of Insurance is authorized to create rules to enforce these provisions.