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Idaho Code § 41-6501

“Routine patient care costs” defined

I.C., § 41-6501, as added by 2019, ch. 192, § 1, p. 604.

“Routine patient care costs” means the costs of any medically necessary health care service for which benefits are provided under a health benefit plan, without regard to whether the enrollee is participating in a clinical trial. Routine patient care costs do not include the cost:

(1) Of an investigational new drug or device that is not approved for any indication by the United States food and drug administration;

(2) Of a service that is not a health care service, regardless of whether the service is required in connection with participation in a clinical trial;

(3) Of a service that is inconsistent with widely accepted and established standards of care for a particular diagnosis;

(4) Associated with managing a clinical trial; or

(5) Of a health care service that is specifically excluded from coverage under a health benefit plan.

Current official text: Idaho Statutes (Idaho Legislature). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Idaho statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.