Bill Text: CT SB00163 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 163 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Health Insurance Coverage For A Second Mammogram.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-16 - Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate [SB00163 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00163-Introduced.html


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.