2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes Subtitle 17A. Health Benefit Plans 304.17A.257 Coverage under health benefit plan for colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests.
KY Rev Stat § 304.17A.257 (1996 through Reg Sess) What's This?
304.17A-257 Coverage under health
examinations and laboratory tests.
(1)
(2)
benefit
plan
for
colorectal
cancer
A health benefit plan issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2009, shall provide
coverage for all colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests specified in
current American Cancer Society guidelines for colorectal cancer screening of
asymptomatic individuals as follows:
(a) Coverage or benefits shall be provided for all colorectal screening
examinations and tests that are administered at a frequency identified in the
most recent version of the American Cancer Society guidelines for colorectal
cancer screening; and
(b) The covered individual shall be:
1.
Fifty (50) years of age or older; or
2.
Less than fifty (50) years of age and at high risk for colorectal cancer
according to current colorectal cancer screening guidelines of the
American Cancer Society.
Coverage under this section shall not be subject to a separate deductible or separate
coinsurance but may be subject to the same deductible or coinsurance established
for other laboratory testing under the health benefit plan.
Effective: July 15, 2008
History: Created 2008 Ky. Acts ch. 107, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2008.
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