ORS 743A.052 Services provided by professional counselor or marriage and family therapist

If a group health benefit plan, as described in ORS 743B.005, provides for coverage for services performed by a clinical social worker or nurse practitioner, the plan also must cover services provided by a professional counselor or marriage and family therapist licensed under ORS 675.715 to 675.835 when the counselor or therapist is acting within the counselor’s or therapist’s lawful scope of practice.

Health maintenance organizations may limit the receipt of covered services performed by professional counselors and marriage and family therapists to services provided by or upon referral by providers contracting with the health maintenance organization. Health maintenance organizations and health care service contractors may create substantive plan benefit and reimbursement differentials at the same level as, and subject to limitations not more restrictive than, those imposed on coverage or reimbursement of expenses arising out of other medical conditions and apply them to contracting and noncontracting providers.

The provisions of ORS 743A.001 do not apply to this section.