An Act to prohibit health insurance policies from restricting the method of payment for dental care.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That chapter 58-17 be amended with a NEW SECTION:

A health insurance policy may not require payment for dental care by credit card.No plan of insurance insuring dental care services may contain restrictions on methods of payment to the dentist in which the only acceptable payment method is a credit card payment.