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HB 261 -- Insurance Coverage

The bill requires health insurers and similar entities to cover, based on accepted medical practice, pelvic exams and pap smears for nonsymptomatic women age 18 or older, prostate exams for nonsymptomatic men age 50 or older, and colorectal cancer exams for nonsymptomatic persons age 50 or older. The coverage is subject to deductible and copayment limits.

In addition, current law requires health insurers and similar entities to cover a baseline mammogram for nonsymptomatic women age 35-39, a mammogram every 2 years for nonsymptomatic women age 40-49, and an annual mammogram for nonsymptomatic women age 50 or older. The bill replaces these requirements with the requirement that health insurers and similar entities cover, based on accepted medical practice, mammograms for nonsymptomatic women age 35 or older. Coverage will continue to be subject to deductible and copayment limits.