SB1601 Summary

• Amends Arizona insurance laws to expand mammography and breast cancer screening coverage requirements by allowing coverage of digital breast tomosynthesis, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, and other imaging modalities at ages and intervals recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

• Removes age-specific screening guidelines (baseline mammograms for ages 35-39, mammograms every two years for ages 40-49, and annual mammograms for ages 50+) and replaces them with more flexible, medically-recommended protocols.

• Expands coverage for patients at risk for breast cancer, including those with family history of breast cancer, prior breast cancer diagnosis, positive hereditary gene mutation testing, or dense breast tissue.

• Applies these coverage expansions across multiple insurance types including hospital service corporations, health care services organizations, disability insurance policies, group disability policies, and blanket disability policies.

• Adds "digital breast tomosynthesis" to the state definitions of radiation and screening mammography in Arizona health code.