Bill Text: IA HF151 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to coverage of three-dimensional mammography and including applicability date provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Subcommittee, Forristall, Anderson, and Bacon. H.J. 256. [HF151 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF151-Introduced.html

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House File 151 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  RUNNING=MARQUARDT,
                                     OLDSON, H. MILLER,
                                     WOLFE, HEDDENS,
                                     WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
                                     HANSON, HUNTER,
                                     LENSING, KEARNS,
                                     T. TAYLOR, STAED,
                                     PRICHARD, ABDUL=SAMAD,
                                     THEDE, GAINES, and
                                     RUFF

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to coverage of three=dimensional mammography
  2    and including applicability date provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 514C.4, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  a.  As used in this section, "minimum mammography
  1  4 examination coverage" means benefits which are better than or
  1  5 equal to the following minimum requirements:
  1  6    a.  (1)  One baseline mammogram for any woman who is
  1  7 thirty=five through thirty=nine years of age, or more frequent
  1  8 mammograms if recommended by the woman's physician.
  1  9    b.  (2)  A mammogram every two years for any woman who is
  1 10 forty through forty=nine years of age, or more frequently if
  1 11 recommended by the woman's physician.
  1 12    c.  (3)  A mammogram every year for any woman who is fifty
  1 13 years of age or older, or more frequently if recommended by the
  1 14 woman's physician.
  1 15    b.  For purposes of this section, "minimum mammography
  1 16 examination coverage" shall include coverage of
  1 17 three=dimensional mammography.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to third=party
  1 19 payment provider policies or contracts issued for delivery,
  1 20 continued, or renewed in this state on or after January 1,
  1 21 2016.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 24 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 25    This bill provides that mandated health care coverage
  1 26 benefits for mammography must include coverage of
  1 27 three=dimensional mammography.  The bill is applicable to
  1 28 third=party payment provider policies or contracts issued for
  1 29 delivery, continued, or renewed in this state on or after
  1 30 January 1, 2016.
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