(a) Health insurers shall provide coverage for prostate cancer screenings consistent with the recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or upon recommendation of a health care provider. Benefits provided shall be at least as favorable as coverage for other cancer screening procedures and subject to the same dollar limits, deductibles, and coinsurance factors within the provisions of the policy.

(b) For purposes of this section, "health insurer" is defined by 18 V.S.A. § 9402. The term does not apply to coverage for specified disease or other limited benefit coverage. (Added 2007, No. 59, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.)