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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5214
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 222
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. CUMMINGS, 74
th Dist.
AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR
MAMMOGRAMS AND ULTRASOUNDS FOR CERTAIN WOMEN AT
INCREASED RISK FOR BREAST CANCER.
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 1
insurance coverage for mammograms and ultrasounds, not less 2
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 and
ultrasounds, not less frequently than once annually and upon the
recommendation of a licensed physician, for certain women at
increased risk for breast cancer.