SB 369 – Mandates inpatient insurance coverage for mastectomies and reconstructive surgeries

• Sponsor: Dougherty
• LR Number: 1568L.01I
• Committee: Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations
• Last Action: 2/22/2005 - Second Read and Referred S Small Business, Insurance & Industrial Relations Committee
• Journal Page: S269
• Effective Date: August 28, 2005

Current Bill Summary

SB 369 - This act mandates that an insurer provide coverage for at least a forty-eight hour hospital stay immediately following a mastectomy and for a minimum of seventy-two hours in the hospital following immediate or concurrent reconstructive surgery as a result of a mastectomy.

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