LB 805

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                          LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                       ONE HUNDRED NINTH LEGISLATURE
                              SECOND SESSION
                   LEGISLATIVE BILL 805
    Introduced by Lonowski, 33; Hardin, 48; Lippincott, 34; McKeon, 41;
                  Storer, 43.
    Read first time January 07, 2026
    Committee: Banking, Commerce and Insurance
1    A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to insurance; to require coverage for cranial
2helmets for certain infants as prescribed.
3    Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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1Section 1.      Notwithstanding section 44-3,131, (a) any individual or
2    group sickness and accident insurance policy, certificate, or subscriber
3    contract delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state and any
4    hospital, medical, or surgical expense-incurred policy, except for short-
5    term major medical policies of six months or less duration and policies
6    that provide coverage for a specified disease or other limited-benefit
7    coverage, and (b) any self-funded employee benefit plan, to the extent
8    not preempted by federal law, shall include coverage for cranial helmets
9    for infants up to one year of age to treat deformational plagiocephaly or
10    craniosynostosis.
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