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Connecticut House Bill HB05448

Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

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1-General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5448
2-January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3043
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1+General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5448
2+January Session, 2011 LCO No. 1837
43 Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
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5+REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist.
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2421 AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR BREAST THERMOGRAPHY.
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2623 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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28-Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 38a-503 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012):
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30-(a) (1) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), [(6),] (10), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after October 1, 2001,] shall provide benefits for mammographic examinations to any woman covered under the policy which are at least equal to the following minimum requirements: [(1)] (A) A baseline mammogram for any woman who is thirty-five to thirty-nine years of age, inclusive; and [(2)] (B) a mammogram every year for any woman who is forty years of age or older.
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32-(2) Such policy shall provide additional benefits for comprehensive ultrasound screening and thermography, of an entire breast or breasts if a mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System established by the American College of Radiology or if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice registered nurse.
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34-Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 38a-530 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2012):
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36-(a) (1) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state [on or after October 1, 2001,] shall provide benefits for mammographic examinations to any woman covered under the policy which are at least equal to the following minimum requirements: [(1)] (A) A baseline mammogram for any woman who is thirty-five to thirty-nine years of age, inclusive; and [(2)] (B) a mammogram every year for any woman who is forty years of age or older.
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38-(2) Such policy shall provide additional benefits for comprehensive ultrasound screening and thermography, of an entire breast or breasts if a mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue based on the Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System established by the American College of Radiology or if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice registered nurse.
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43-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
44-Section 1 January 1, 2012 38a-503(a)
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47-This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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25+That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to require health insurance coverage for breast thermography.
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63-To provide insurance coverage for breast thermography when an annual mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue or if a woman is believed to be at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history or prior personal history of breast cancer, positive genetic testing or other indications as determined by a woman's physician or advanced practice registered nurse.
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65-[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]
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69-Co-Sponsors: REP. TERCYAK, 26th Dist.
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29+To require health insurance coverage for breast thermography.