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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5687
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1375
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. TURCO, 27th Dist.
REP. BORER, 115th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE, BREAST CANCER
AND BREAST HEALTH.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That title 38a of the general statutes be amended to: (1) Require health 1
insurance coverage, without any out-of-pocket expense, for (A) 2
diagnostic and screening mammograms, breast ultrasounds and 3
magnetic resonance imaging of breasts for all insureds, (B) breast 4
biopsies for all insureds, (C) prophylactic mastectomies and breast 5
reconstruction surgery for all insureds who have the harmful variant of 6
breast cancer gene one (BRCA1), breast cancer gene two (BRCA2) or any 7
similar gene variant that materially increases breast cancer risk, (D) 8
breast reconstruction surgery for all insureds who have undergone a 9
mastectomy, (E) breast cancer detection and diagnosis for all insureds 10
who have been treated for a childhood cancer and received radiation 11
treatment directed at the chest as part of the treatment for such cancer, 12
(F) breast cancer screenings for transgender insureds undergoing 13
hormone therapy, (G) a baseline mammogram, and diagnostic and 14
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imaging of breasts, for all insureds under thirty-five years of age who 16
have (i) the harmful variant of breast cancer gene one (BRCA1), breast 17
cancer gene two (BRCA2) or any similar gene variant that materially 18
increases breast cancer risk, or (ii) a family member who was diagnosed 19
with breast cancer while the family member was under forty years of 20
age; and (2) establish a program to provide outreach to women of color, 21
including, but not limited to, young women of color, regarding the 22
importance of breast health and early breast cancer detection. 23
Statement of Purpose:
To: (1) Expand required health insurance coverage for benefits related
to breast cancer; and (2) establish a program to provide outreach to
women of color regarding the importance of breast health and early
breast cancer detection.