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Committee adopts cosponsor amendment for bill to reduce cost-sharing for breast diagnostic follow-up; wording to be clarified
Summary
Senator Lehi told the committee SB290 would require coverage for diagnostic follow-up after abnormal breast screenings; an amendment to add cosponsors was adopted, members pressed on deductible/co-payment language and coding definitions, and sponsors agreed to refine the draft before resuming consideration Thursday.
Senator Lehi, introducing Senate Bill 290 with support from Susan G. Komen, told the Insurance & Commerce Committee the bill would cover diagnostic tests that follow an abnormal breast screening so women do not forgo follow-up because of cost. "Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women," Lehi said, adding that in Arkansas "more than 2,000 women a year are diagnosed with breast cancer, and there's generally about 400 deaths."
Lehi said the bill aims to treat follow-up diagnostics as…
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