General Assembly

 

Proposed Bill No. 163

 

January Session, 2013

 

LCO No. 788

   

Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE

 

Introduced by:

 

SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.

 

AN ACT CONCERNING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR A SECOND MAMMOGRAM.

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 insurance policies to provide coverage of a second mammogram in a policy year if the first mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue and the insured's physician orders a second mammogram.

Statement of Purpose:

To require health insurance policies to provide coverage of a second mammogram in a policy year if the first mammogram demonstrates heterogeneous or dense breast tissue and the insured's physician orders a second mammogram.