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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5119
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 788
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. ZAWISTOWSKI, 61st Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF
MAMMOGRAMS FOR CERTAIN WOMEN AT INCREASED RISK FOR
BREAST CANCER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That sections 38a-503 and 38a-530 of the general statutes be 1
amended to require health insurance coverage for mammograms, not 2
less frequently than once annually and upon the recommendation of a 3
licensed physician, for each covered woman who has (1) a personal or 4
family history of breast cancer, (2) a personal history of breast disease 5
diagnosed through biopsy as benign, or (3) not given birth before 6
attaining thirty years of age. 7
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance coverage for mammograms, not less
frequently than once annually and upon the recommendation of a
licensed physician, for each covered woman who has (1) a personal or
family history of breast cancer, (2) a personal history of breast disease
diagnosed through biopsy as benign, or (3) not given birth before
attaining thirty years of age.