A. Each individual and group health maintenance organization contract delivered or issued for delivery in this state shall provide coverage for low-dose screening mammograms for determining the presence of breast cancer. Such coverage shall make available one baseline mammogram to persons age thirty-five through thirty-nine, one mammogram biennially to persons age forty through forty-nine and one mammogram annually to persons age fifty and over. After July 1, 1992, coverage shall be available only for screening mammograms obtained on equipment designed specifically to perform low-dose mammography in imaging facilities that have met American college of radiology accreditation standards for mammography.
B. Coverage for mammograms may be subject to deductibles and coinsurance consistent with those imposed on other benefits under the same contract.
History: Laws 1990, ch. 5, § 1; 1978 Comp., § 59A-46-35, recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 59A-46-41 by Laws 1993, ch. 266, § 31.
ANNOTATIONSApplicability. — Laws 1990, ch. 5, § 5 made the act applicable to policies, plans, contracts and certificates delivered or issued for delivery or renewed, extended or amended in this state on or after July 1, 1990.