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Senate committee adopts amendment and advances bill to end out‑of‑pocket costs for cervical cancer diagnostic follow‑ups
Summary
The Senate Committee on Health Care adopted a -1 amendment and voted to send Senate Bill 15 27 to the Senate desk with a do‑pass recommendation; the bill would require insurers to cover diagnostic follow‑up exams (colposcopy/biopsy) after abnormal cervical cancer screening without deductibles, copayments, or coinsurance.
Chair Patterson opened a public hearing and work session on Senate Bill 15 27, which would prohibit health insurance carriers from imposing deductibles, coinsurance, copayments or other out‑of‑pocket costs for medically necessary diagnostic cervical cancer exams and follow‑up procedures.
Representative Anessa Hartman, who identified herself as the state representative for House District 40, testified in support and described her experience with cervical cancer and brachytherapy treatments to underscore why timely diagnostic follow‑up matters. "There are parts of this cancer that…
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