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Committee gives do-pass recommendation to bill eliminating cost-sharing for follow-up breast screening tests
Summary
House Bill 12-83, sponsored by Representative Karen Carls, would expand no-cost screening to follow-up or supplemental breast imaging for people at average or elevated risk; the Senate committee voted a do-pass recommendation and will carry the bill back to the floor.
House Bill 12-83 would expand no-cost coverage for breast screening by eliminating out-of-pocket cost sharing for follow-up and supplemental breast imaging when medically indicated; the sponsor said the bill covers screening only and does not mandate coverage for biopsies or treatment.
Representative Karen Carls told the Senate Appropriations Human Resources Committee the change is intended to prevent…
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