Establishes that the council on human blood and transfusion services shall review all current medical research and guidance regarding the donation of blood by patients with a history of Lyme or tick-borne illnesses.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens; provides for taxpayer gifts for tick borne illness research, detection and education; establishes the tick borne illness research, detection and education fund.
Imposing a duty on health care facilities to provide patients with autologous blood transfusions and direct allogeneic blood transfusions.
Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
Health Insurance - Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Illnesses - Long-Term Antibiotic Treatment
Adds to existing law to provide for disclosure and labeling of certain blood intended for blood transfusions and to provide that a person receiving a blood transfusion shall have the right to request blood based on vaccination status of the donor.
Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding directed blood product transfusion.
Urging the Congress of the United States to establish policies that would provide greater access to blood transfusions for hospice patients with blood cancer.
Requires health insurers to provide coverage for long term medical care for Lyme disease and other tick borne related pathogens.
Providing for patient access to diagnostics and treatments for Lyme disease and related tick-borne illnesses; and requiring health care policies to provide certain coverage.