1.  An insurer shall not enter into a contract with a provider of vision care that conditions any rate of reimbursement for vision care on the provider of vision care prescribing ophthalmic devices or materials in which the insurer has an ownership or other pecuniary interest or increases the rate of reimbursement if the provider of vision care prescribes such ophthalmic devices or materials.

2.  Before entering into a contract with a provider of vision care to include the provider of vision care in the network of an insurer, the insurer must provide to the provider of vision care a list of the rates of reimbursement for each service covered by the contract.

3.  An insurer shall disclose in any policy of insurance that covers vision care or any description of benefits covered by such a policy, whether written or electronic, any ownership or other pecuniary interest of the insurer in a supplier of ophthalmic devices or materials or a provider of vision care. The disclosure must appear in a conspicuous and clear manner.

4.  An insurer that does not provide reimbursement for specific vision care shall not claim in any advertisement or other material that the insurer covers that vision care if such vision care is available at a discount or with a copayment or coinsurance in an amount that is in addition to the copayment or coinsurance that a covered person is typically required to pay for covered services.

5.  As used in this section:

(a) ’Provider of vision care’ means a physician who provides vision care or an optometrist.

(b) ’Vision care’ means:

(1) Routine ophthalmological evaluation of the eye, including refraction.

(2) Ophthalmic devices or materials, including, without limitation, lenses, frames, mountings or other specially fabricated ophthalmic devices. The term ‘vision care’ does not include the initiation of treatment or diagnosis pursuant to a program of medical care.