NRS695C.1745. Required provision concerning coverage for human papillomavirus vaccine. [Effective January 1, 2014.]

      1.  A health care plan of a health maintenance organization must provide coverage for benefits payable for expenses incurred for administering the human papillomavirus vaccine as recommended for vaccination by a competent authority, including, without limitation, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Food and Drug Administration or the manufacturer of the vaccine.

      2.  A health care plan of a health maintenance organization must not require an insured to obtain prior authorization for any service provided pursuant to subsection 1.

      3.  Any evidence of coverage subject to the provisions of this chapter which is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on or after July 1, 2007, has the legal effect of including the coverage required by subsection 1, and any provision of the evidence of coverage or the renewal which is in conflict with subsection 1 is void.

      4.  For the purposes of this section, “human papillomavirus vaccine” means the Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Recombinant Vaccine or its successor which is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for the prevention of human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer.

      (Added to NRS by 2007, 3239; A 2013, 3645, effective January 1, 2014)