Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00056 Compare Versions

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11 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 56
22 January Session, 2011 LCO No. 581
33 Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
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55 SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.
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99 Proposed Bill No. 56
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1313 LCO No. 581
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1919 SEN. CRISCO, 17th Dist.
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2121 AN ACT CONCERNING BREAST ULTRASOUND SCREENINGS.
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2323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2525 That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit health insurers and health care centers from (1) imposing a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for ultrasound screening of an entire breast or breasts if a mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue, and (2) applying the cost of such ultrasound screening to annual or lifetime benefit limits under a health insurance policy providing coverage of the types specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes.
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2929 To allow women with heterogeneous or dense breast tissue to obtain an ultrasound screening with no out-of-pocket expense.