Sec. 40. Prohibitions; medical plan preconditions.
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Sec. 40. Prohibitions; medical plan preconditions.
(a)No vision care organization that issues, delivers, amends, or renews a vision care plan on or after the effective date of this Act shall issue a vision care plan contract that requires:
(1)an eye care provider to contract with a plan that offers supplemental or specialty
health care services as a condition of contracting with a plan that offers basic health services; or
(2)an eye care provider to contract with a vision care plan as a condition to
participation in a medical plan or in-network.
(b)A vision care plan may enter into an agreement with a health care plan to deliver routine vision care services that are covered under the enrollee's plan.
(c)A vision care plan may act as a network regarding routine vision care services offered by a health care plan.