{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-58-18b-53","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 58-18B-53","heading":"Health insurance policies to provide coverage for biologically-based mental illnesses.","body":"Every small employer health benefit plan that is delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state, except for policies that provide coverage for specified disease or other limited benefit coverage, shall provide, in writing, coverage for the treatment and diagnosis of biologically-based mental illnesses with the same dollar limits, deductibles, coinsurance factors, and restrictions as for other covered illnesses.\nThe term, biologically-based mental illness, means schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, major depression, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.","path":["TITLE 58. INSURANCE","CHAPTER 58-18B. REGULATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES' GROUP AND BLANKET HEALTH INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/58-18B-53","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:57Z","sha256":"24be9207ff044731fc86d054a0c56ec94919825e9eaa04dc0d17f53e4369e024","source_id":"us-sd","stale":true,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-58-18b-52","next":"us-sd/sdcl-58-18b-54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}