General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5189
January Session, 2021 LCO No. 588
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. TURCO, 27th Dist.
REP. BORER, 115th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE
COVERAGE FOR BENEFITS RELATED TO BREAST CANCER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 That sections 38a-503 and 38a-530 of the general statutes be amended
2 to: (1) Require health insurance coverage for diagnostic mammograms,
3 ultrasound screenings and magnetic resonance imaging of breasts and
4 breast biopsies for both women and men; (2) reduce the minimum age
5 at which an individual or group health insurance policy is required to
6 provide coverage for a baseline mammogram from thirty-five to thirty
7 years of age; and (3) require health insurance coverage for the detection
8 and diagnosis of breast cancer in an individual who has been treated for
9 a childhood cancer, and received radiation treatment that was directed
10 at the individual's chest as part of the treatment for said childhood
11 cancer, regardless of such individual's age.
Statement of Purpose:
To: (1) Require health insurance coverage for diagnostic mammograms,
ultrasound screenings and magnetic resonance imaging of breasts and
breast biopsies for both women and men; (2) reduce the minimum age
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at which an individual or group health insurance policy is required to
provide coverage for a baseline mammogram from thirty-five to thirty
years of age; and (3) require health insurance coverage for the detection
and diagnosis of breast cancer in an individual who has been treated for
a childhood cancer, and received radiation treatment that was directed
at the individual's chest as part of the treatment for said childhood
cancer, regardless of such individual's age.
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