Bill Text: MI SB1062 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance; health; coverage for human papillomavirus (HPV) screening; provide for. Amends 1956 PA 218 (MCL 500.100 - 500.8302) by adding sec. 3406s.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-14 - Referred To Committee On Economic Development And Regulatory Reform [SB1062 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB1062-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 1062
January 14, 2010, Introduced by Senators SCOTT, JACOBS, BRATER, GLEASON, CHERRY and HUNTER and referred to the Committee on Economic Development and Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled
"The insurance code of 1956,"
(MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406s.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3406s. (1) An expense-incurred hospital, medical, or
surgical policy or certificate delivered, issued for delivery, or
renewed in this state and a health maintenance organization group
or individual contract shall include coverage for human
papillomavirus screening at the testing intervals outlined in the
recommendations for cervical cytology screening developed by the
American college of obstetricians and gynecologists or as
prescribed by order of the commissioner. As used in this
subsection, "human papillomavirus screening" means either a
laboratory test that specifically detects for infection by 1 or
more agents of the human papillomavirus or a laboratory test that
is approved for this purpose by the federal food and drug
administration.
(2) Coverage under subsection (1) shall not be subject to any
dollar limit, copayment, deductible, or coinsurance provision that
does not apply to laboratory tests generally.
(3) This section does not apply to specified disease or
accident-only coverage.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January
1, 2011.
