Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.
Summary
Health insurance; coverage for mammograms.Requires health insurers, on and after January 1, 2021, to providecoverage for low-dose screening mammograms at rates that are more frequent than is currently required if the covered individual hasa family history of breast cancer. If the individual has a familyhistory of breast cancer, the bill requires coverage for annual mammogramsfrom age 30 through 49 and biannual mammograms starting at age 50.However, the age at which such coverage of annual mammograms startsshall be younger than 30 if the covered individual's mother was diagnosedwith breast cancer at an age earlier than 40, in which event coveragestarts during the year that the individual attains an age that is10 years younger than the age of the individual's mother at thetime of her diagnosis.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020
Last action Jan 21, 2020
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Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Jan 16, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021
lower
Jan 14, 2020
Committee
Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102080D
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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