Connecticut 2013 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00163 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/15/2013

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 163
January Session, 2013  LCO No. 788
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 163 

January Session, 2013

LCO No. 788

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 

Introduced by:

SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR A SECOND MAMMOGRAM.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to require health insurance policies to provide coverage of a second mammogram in a policy year if the first mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue and the insured's physician orders a second mammogram.

Statement of Purpose: 

To require health insurance policies to provide coverage of a second mammogram in a policy year if the first mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue and the insured's physician orders a second mammogram.