SS/SCS/SB 754 - This act requires health services corporations and health maintenance organizations to provide, within their network, coverage of second opinions of diagnoses for serious debilitating conditions and illnesses. If another primary physician or specialist capable of providing a second opinion is not available within the HMO's network, the HMO is required to arrange a referral at no greater cost to the patient than if the benefit were obtained from a participating physician.
JOHN MESSMER