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CT HB05448
Bill
Status
1/19/2011
Primary Sponsor
Insurance and Real Estate Committee
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AI Summary
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Requires individual and group health insurance policies to provide coverage for breast thermography in addition to mammograms, effective January 1, 2012.
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Mandates baseline mammograms for women ages 35-39 and annual mammograms for women age 40 and older.
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Requires coverage for comprehensive ultrasound screening and thermography of the breast when mammograms show heterogeneous or dense breast tissue, or when a woman is at increased risk for breast cancer due to family history, prior history, positive genetic testing, or physician determination.
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Applies to all individual and group health insurance policies in the state providing specified coverage types.
Legislative Description
An Act Requiring Health Insurance Coverage For Breast Thermography.
Last Action
Referred to Joint Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
2/16/2011