2014 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE
Chapter 33: HEALTH INSURANCE CONTRACTS
§2763. Coverage for colorectal cancer screening

§2763. Coverage for colorectal cancer screening

1. Colorectal cancer screening. For the purposes of this section, "colorectal cancer screening" means a colorectal cancer examination and laboratory test recommended by a health care provider in accordance with the most recently published colorectal cancer screening guidelines of a national cancer society.

[ 2007, c. 516, §2 (NEW); 2007, c. 516, §5 (AFF) .]

2. Required coverage. All individual health insurance policies and contracts must provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening for asymptomatic individuals who are:

A. Fifty years of age or older; or [2007, c. 516, §2 (NEW); 2007, c. 516, §5 (AFF).]

B. Less than 50 years of age and at high risk for colorectal cancer according to the most recently published colorectal cancer screening guidelines of a national cancer society. [2007, c. 516, §2 (NEW); 2007, c. 516, §5 (AFF).]

[ 2007, c. 516, §2 (NEW); 2007, c. 516, §5 (AFF) .]

3. Billing. If a colonoscopy is recommended by a health care provider as the colorectal cancer screening test in accordance with this section and a lesion is discovered and removed during that colonoscopy, the health care provider must bill the insurance company for a screening colonoscopy as the primary procedure.

§2763. Coverage for medically necessary infant formula

(As enacted by PL 2007, c. 595, §2 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 24-A, SECTION 2764)

[ 2007, c. 516, §2 (NEW); 2007, c. 516, §5 (AFF) .]

SECTION HISTORY

RR 2007, c. 2, §11 (RAL). 2007, c. 516, §2 (NEW). 2007, c. 516, §5 (AFF). 2007, c. 595, §2 (NEW). 2007, c. 595, §5 (AFF).