Bill Text: MA H898 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: That health insurance providers be required to include coverage for diagnostic screening for prostate cancer
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Senate concurred [H898 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H898-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Robert F. Fennell
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to diagnostic screening for prostate cancer. .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Robert F. Fennell |
10th Essex |
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Anthony W. Petruccelli |
First Suffolk and Middlesex |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Stephen M. Brewer |
Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin |
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Christine E. Canavan |
10th Plymouth |
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James B. Eldridge |
Middlesex and Worcester |
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Marc R. Pacheco |
First Plymouth and Bristol |
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Cleon H. Turner |
1st Barnstable |
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Kay Khan |
11th Middlesex |
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James Dwyer |
30th Middlesex |
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Thomas M. Stanley |
9th Middlesex |
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Jennifer M. Callahan |
18th Worcester |
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Thomas M. McGee |
Third Essex and Middlesex |
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Anthony D. Galluccio |
Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex |
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Richard J. Ross |
9th Norfolk |
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Bruce E. Tarr |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Paul McMurtry |
11th Norfolk |
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Linda Dean Campbell |
15th Essex |
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John F. Quinn |
9th Bristol |
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Joseph R. Driscoll, Jr. |
5th Norfolk |
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Susan C. Fargo |
Third Middlesex |
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Lori Ehrlich |
8th Essex |
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Michael F. Rush |
10th Suffolk |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 946 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to diagnostic screening for prostate cancer. .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special
law to the contrary, every contract which provides coverage for hospital,
surgical or medical care shall provide the following coverage for diagnostic
screening for prostatic cancer:
(i) upon the recommendation of a physician, medically recognized diagnostic
testing including, but not limited to, a digital rectal examination,
transrectal ultrasonography and prostate-specific antigen test at any age for
covered persons having a prior history of prostate cancer; and (ii) an annual
medically recognized diagnostic examination including, but not limited to, a
digital rectal examination, trans-rectal ultrasonography and a
prostate-specific antigen test for all men aged forty and over.
