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Senate committee adopts amendment to require insurer coverage for cervical cancer screenings, requests Ways and Means review
Summary
Senate Bill 451, as amended, would prohibit certain insurers from imposing cost sharing for medically necessary cervical cancer screenings and follow-up exams; the committee adopted a dash-1 amendment and moved the amended bill to the floor requesting referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means.
The Senate Committee on Health Care adopted an amendment to Senate Bill 451 and voted to advance the bill to the floor while requesting a referral to the Joint Committee on Ways and Means for fiscal review.
Committee staff summarized the bill: it "prohibits certain health insurance carriers from imposing a deductible, coinsurance, co-payment, or any other out-of-pocket expense for medically necessary cervical…
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