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HB 152NORTH CAROLINASession 2025State Billpassed chamber

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North Carolina requires health insurers to cover transcranial magnetic stimulation services without specialty-based claim penalties

Original title: Access to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation.

Last action · April 30, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action)Sponsors: Cody Huneycutt and 12 others

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What This Bill Would Do

North Carolina health insurers covering must reimburse properly licensed providers and facilities for treating depression and other mental disorders without penalizing claims based on the provider's medical specialty, effective October 1, 2025.

Why it matters

Patients receiving and the healthcare providers who administer it are affected by rules restricting insurers from reducing claim reimbursements solely because of a provider's medical specialty.

Background

Transcranial magnetic stimulation is a noninvasive procedure often used to treat major depressive disorder when other treatments have not been effective. context
The North Carolina General Assembly considers legislation affecting health benefit plans and state employee health insurance coverage during its legislative sessions. context

Who It Would Affect

Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Health benefit plan insurers

Insurers must provide coverage for transcranial magnetic stimulation when included in a plan and are prohibited from penalizing claims based on provider medical specialty.

Directly affected

Licensed healthcare providers and facilities

Providers performing transcranial magnetic stimulation are protected from having their claims penalized solely due to their medical specialty.

Directly affected

Patients receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation

Patients benefit from standardized insurance claim processing for transcranial magnetic stimulation treatments administered by qualified providers.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is transcranial magnetic stimulation?

It is a noninvasive healthcare treatment that uses pulsed magnetic fields to induce an electric current in a localized region of a patient's brain.

Can insurers still choose not to cover transcranial magnetic stimulation?

Yes. The legislation specifies that it remains within the discretion of each insurer offering a to determine whether to cover procedures, along with indications, requirements, and reimbursement rates.

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Where This Stands

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Procedural history

16 actions

Apr 30, 2025Senate
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Apr 30, 2025Senate
Passed 1st Reading
Apr 30, 2025Senate
Regular Message Received From House
Apr 30, 2025House
Regular Message Sent To Senate
Apr 29, 2025House
Passed 3rd Reading
Apr 29, 2025House
Passed 2nd Reading

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Apr 15, 2025House
Placed On Cal For 04/29/2025
Apr 15, 2025House
Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
Apr 15, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 9, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Apr 9, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Apr 1, 2025House
Re-ref Com On Insurance
Apr 1, 2025House
Reptd Fav
Feb 21, 2025House
Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Insurance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Feb 21, 2025House
Passed 1st Reading
Feb 18, 2025HouseIntroduced
Filed

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