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Office of the Lieutenant Governor Division of Banking, Insurance and Financial Regulation #5049 Kongens Gade, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI 00802-6487 @ (340) 774-7166 @ Fax (340) 774 9458 1131 King Street, Suite 101, Christiansted, St. Croix, USVI 00820 @ (340) 773-6459 @ Fax (340) 719-3801 Ite. gov. vi BULLETIN 2020-10 TO: All Health Insurance Companies Licensed and Authorized to Offer Health Insurance Benefits in the U.S. Virgin Islands FROM: Tregenza A. Roach, Esq., Lieutenant Governor and Commissioner of Insurance RE: Advisory: Waiver of Cost Sharing for COVID-19 Testing Section 6001 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), enacted on March 18, 2020, and as further revised by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act, requires health insurers that offer individual or group coverage, to cover the costs for testing in relation to COVID-19, without any cost sharing, prior authorization or other medical management requirements, and to further provide like coverage for “{i]tems and services furnished to an individual during health care provider office visits (which. . . includes in-person visits and telehealth visits), urgent care center visits, and emergency room visits that result in an order for or administration of an in vitro diagnostic [test described by law], but only to the extent such items and services relate to the furnishing or administration of such product or to the evaluation of such individual for purposes of determining the need of such individual for such product.” To assess health insurance coverage that will be provided to consumers in the U.S. Virgin Islands during the Coronavirus pandemic (also referred to as “COVID-19”), the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Division of Banking, Insurance and Financial Regulation (“Division”) submitted a Coronavirus Insurance Coverage Questionnaire to every life and health insurer licensed and authorized to conduct insurance business in the U.S. Virgin Islands, requesting a written response to each question therein no later than Friday, March 13, 2020. The Division has thoroughly analyzed the responses. The purpose of this Bulletin, therefore, is to provide written guidance on cost sharing to these licensed and authorized health insurers, as the Territory responds to the global health and economic impact of COVID-19, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Please contact Gwendolyn Hall Brady, Division Director (gwendolyn. brady @|go.vi.gov) or Glendina Matthew, Division Assistant Director/Legal Counsel Glendina.matthew@lgo.vi.gov), should you require additional information. Dated this \\ day of May 2020 in St. Virgin Islands Al . Roach, Esq.’ ie =A Governor/ Commissioner of Insurance