There is a newer version of the South Dakota Codified Laws
2011 South Dakota Code
Title 58 INSURANCE
Chapter 18. Group And Blanket Health Insurance Policies
§58-18-80 Health insurance policies to provide coverage for biologically-based mental illnesses.
SD Codified L § 58-18-80 (through 2011) What's This?
58-18-80. Health insurance policies to provide coverage for biologically-based mental illnesses. Every group health insurance policy, including a certificate that is subject to approval pursuant to § 58-11-12, that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state, except for policies that provide coverage for specified disease or other limited benefit coverage, shall provide, in writing, coverage for the treatment and diagnosis of biologically-based mental illnesses with the same dollar limits, deductibles, coinsurance factors, and restrictions as for other covered illnesses.
The term, biologically-based mental illness, means schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, major depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Source: SL 1998, ch 291, § 2; SL 1999, ch 251, § 2; SL 2000, ch 244, § 1.
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