NRS695C.1713. Required provision concerning coverage of certain gynecological and obstetrical services without authorization or referral from primary care physician.

      1.  A health care plan must include a provision authorizing a woman covered by the plan to obtain covered gynecological or obstetrical services without first receiving authorization or a referral from her primary care physician.

      2.  The provisions of this section do not authorize a woman covered by a health care plan to designate an obstetrician or gynecologist as her primary care physician.

      3.  An evidence of coverage subject to the provisions of this chapter that is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on or after October 1, 1999, has the legal effect of including the coverage required by this section, and any provision of the evidence of coverage or the renewal which is in conflict with this section is void.

      4.  As used in this section, “primary care physician” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 695G.060.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1944)