Coverage and Reimbursement

(a)Any health insurance policy which is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in Guam by any health care insurer and COL 110609 CH. 4 UNIVERSAL NEWBORN H EARING SCREENING AND INTERVENTION ACT (UNHSIA) OF 2004 which provides coverage for a child shall be deemed to provide coverage for hearing screening tests of newborns and infants provided by a health care facility before discharge.

(b)A health care insurer delivering a health insurance policy regulated under this Act shall provide each insured with notice of the provisions of this Act upon the effective date of coverage and annually thereafter.

(c)The amount of reimbursement for newborn or infant hearing screening provided under such a policy shall be consistent with reimbursement of other medical expenses under the policy, including the imposition of co-payment, co-insurance, deductible, or any dollar limit or other cost-sharing provisions otherwise applicable under the policy.