1.  A managed care organization that offers or issues a health care plan that includes coverage for anatomical gifts, organ transplants or treatments or services related to an organ transplant shall not:

Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 695G.176

  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • person: means a natural person, any form of business or social organization and any other nongovernmental legal entity including, but not limited to, a corporation, partnership, association, trust or unincorporated organization. See Nevada Revised Statutes 0.039

(a) Deny, limit or seek reimbursement from an insured for care related to an organ transplant because the insured is a person with a disability;

(b) Deny a person with a disability eligibility or continued eligibility to enroll or renew coverage to avoid providing coverage in accordance with this section;

(c) Reduce or limit the reimbursement of or otherwise penalize a provider of medical or related services because the provider of medical or related services acted in accordance with NRS 460.160; or

(d) Provide monetary or nonmonetary incentives for a provider of medical or related services to induce the provider of medical or related services to provide care to an insured in a manner inconsistent with NRS 460.160.

2.  As used in this section:

(a) ’Anatomical gift‘ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 451.513.

(b) ’Disability’ has the meaning ascribed to it in 42 U.S.C. § 12102(1).

(c) ’Provider of medical or related services’ has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 460.160.

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