HB0026 - Health insurance-cancer screenings.
2001 |
State of Wyoming |
01LSO-0137 |
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0026
Health insurance-cancer screenings.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Parady, Illoway and
Robinson and
Senator(s) Cathcart and Job
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to group
and individual disability
2 insurance;
specifying group or individual disability
3
insurance benefits or coverage for specified cancer
4
screenings; authorizing a copayment for cancer screenings
5 as
specified; and providing for an effective date.
6
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
8
9 Section
1. W.S. 26-18-103 by creating new subsections
10 (c) and (d) and 26-19-107 by
creating new subsections (j)
11 and (k) are amended to read:
12
13 26-18-103. General requirements for policies.
14
15 (c) All disability insurance policies under this
16 chapter
providing coverage on an expense incurred basis,
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1 individual service or indemnity type contracts issued by a
2 nonprofit corporation, individual
service contracts issued
3 by a health maintenance organization,
all individual
4 arrangements to the extent not
preempted by federal law and
5 all managed health care delivery
entities of any type or
6 description, that are delivered,
issued for delivery,
7 continued or renewed on or after July
1, 2001, and
8 providing coverage to any resident of
this state shall
9 provide benefits or coverage for:
10
11 (i) A pelvic examination and pap smear for any
12 nonsymptomatic
women covered under such policy or contract;
13 and
14
15 (ii) A colorectal cancer examination and
16 laboratory
tests for cancer for any nonsymptomatic person
17 covered
under such policy or contract;
18
19 (iii) A prostate examination and laboratory
20 tests
for cancer for any nonsymptomatic man covered under
21 such
policy or contract; and
22
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1 (iv) A breast cancer
examination including a
2 screening mammogram and clinical
breast examination for any
3 nonsymptomatic woman covered under
such policy or contract.
4
5 (d) To encourage
public health and diagnostic health
6 screenings, the services covered under
subsection (c) of
7 this section shall be provided with no
deductible due and
8 payable, but a patient shall be liable
for any copayment
9 not to exceed twenty-five dollars
($25.00), if such a
10 copayment
is required pursuant to the patient's health care
11 coverage.
Coverage may be in addition to any other
12 preventive
care services. Nothing in this subsection or
13 subsection
(c) of this section shall apply to accident
14 only,
long-term care or disability income policies.
15
16 26-19-107. Group disability and blanket
insurance
17 standard provisions; exceptions.
18
19 (j) All group and blanket disability insurance
20 policies
providing coverage on an expense incurred basis,
21 individual
and group service or indemnity type contracts
22 issued
by a nonprofit corporation, individual and group
23 service
contracts issued by a health maintenance
24 organization,
all self-insured group arrangements to the
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1 extent not preempted by federal law and all managed health
2 care delivery entities of any type or
description, that are
3 delivered, issued for delivery,
continued or renewed on or
4 after July 1, 2001, and providing
coverage to any resident
5 of this state shall provide benefits
or coverage for:
6
7 (i) A pelvic
examination and pap smear for any
8 nonsymptomatic women covered under
such policy or contract;
9 and
10
11 (ii) A colorectal cancer examination and
12 laboratory
tests for cancer for any nonsymptomatic person
13 covered
under such policy or contract;
14
15 (iii) A prostate examination and laboratory
16 tests
for cancer for any nonsymptomatic man covered under
17 such
policy or contract; and
18
19 (iv) A breast cancer examination including a
20 screening
mammogram and clinical breast examination for any
21 nonsymptomatic
woman covered under such policy or contract.
22
23 (k) To encourage public health and diagnostic health
24 screenings,
the services covered under subsection (j) of
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1 this section shall be provided with no deductible due and
2 payable, but a patient shall be liable
for any copayment
3 not to exceed twenty-five dollars
($25.00), if such a
4 copayment is required pursuant to the
patient's health care
5 coverage. Coverage may be in addition
to any other
6 preventive care services. Nothing in
this subsection or
7 subsection (j) of this section shall
apply to accident
8 only, long-term care or disability
income policies.
9
10 Section 2. This act is effective July 1, 2001.
11
12 (END)
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