HB 1534: Lyme Disease and Tick-Borne Disease Insurance Coverage / Physician Treatment of Tick-Borne Diseases

H.B. 1534, P.N. 1889 (PHILLIPS) This would create the Lyme and Related Tick-Borne Disease Education, Prevention, and Treatment Act.
An appropriate health insurance policy would be required to cover Lyme disease and related tick-borne diseases.
A physician could not be disciplined for treating such a disease if a patient is clinically diagnosed as having such disease. A physician who prescribes long-term care yet fails to properly monitor this care could be disciplined.
This would create a Task Force of state officials and physicians to study Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases and to create information campaigns in parks, hunting areas, and public lands.