Bill Text: CT SB00008 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An Act Requiring Health Insurance Coverage For Lung Cancer Screening.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-13 - Public Hearing 02/18 [SB00008 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00008-Introduced.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 8 | ||
February Session, 2014 |
LCO No. 18 | ||
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE |
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AN ACT REQUIRING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR LUNG CANCER SCREENING.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2015) (a) Each individual health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state, shall provide coverage for lung cancer screening tests, in accordance with the recommendations established by the American Lung Association, after consultation with the American Cancer Society, based on age, family history and frequency provided by such recommendations.
(b) Benefits under this section shall be subject to any policy provisions that apply to other services covered by such policy.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2015) (a) Each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11) and (12) of section 38a-469 of the general statutes delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended or continued in this state, shall provide coverage for lung cancer screening tests, in accordance with the recommendations established by the American Lung Association, after consultation with the American Cancer Society, based on age, family history and frequency provided by such recommendations.
(b) Benefits under this section shall be subject to any policy provisions that apply to other services covered by such policy.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
January 1, 2015 |
New section |
Sec. 2 |
January 1, 2015 |
New section |
Statement of Purpose:
To require health insurance coverage for lung cancer screening tests.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]