Coverage for athletic trainer services

Sec. 6. (a) As used in this section, "policy of accident and sickness insurance" has the meaning set forth in IC 27-8-5-1. However, the term does not include the following: (1) Accident only, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, long term care, or disability income insurance. (2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance. (3) Automobile medical payment insurance. (4) A specified disease policy. (5) A short term insurance plan that: (A) may be renewed for the greater of: (i) thirty-six (36) months; or (ii) the maximum period permitted under federal law; (B) has a term of not more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days; and (C) has an annual limit of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000). (6) A policy that provides indemnity benefits not based on any expense incurred requirement, including a plan that provides coverage for: (A) hospital confinement, critical illness, or intensive care; or (B) gaps for deductibles or copayments. (7) A supplemental plan that always pays in addition to other coverage. (b) A policy of accident and sickness insurance that provides coverage for physical medicine and rehabilitative services shall provide the coverage for physical medicine and rehabilitative services that are: (1) rendered by an athletic trainer who is licensed under IC 25-5.1; and (2) within the athletic trainer's scope of practice. (c) This section does not require a policy of accident and sickness insurance to provide coverage for physical medicine or rehabilitative services generally.