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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5916
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 1711
Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
REP. MILLER P., 145th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING MAMMOGRAMS AND COST
TRANSPARENCY.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require a health care 1
provider to: (1) Disclose to a patient who undergoes a mammogram 2
whether an additional test proposed to further investigate the results of 3
the mammogram is an elective health care service; and (2) (A) disclose 4
to a patient who undergoes a mammogram whether the cost of an 5
additional test proposed to further investigate the results of the 6
mammogram is covered by the patient's health insurance policy, or (B) 7
provide a patient who undergoes a mammogram with an opportunity 8
to determine whether the cost of an additional test proposed to further 9
investigate the results of the mammogram is covered by the patient's 10
health insurance policy. 11
Statement of Purpose:
To require a health care provider to disclose to a patient whether any
additional testing performed following a mammogram is an elective
procedure, and require the health care provider to disclose whether the
cost of such additional testing is covered by the patient's health Proposed Bill No. 5916
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insurance policy or provide the patient with an opportunity to
determine whether such cost is covered by such policy.