§ 27-20-17 - Mammograms and pap smears – Coverage mandated. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 27-20-17

   § 27-20-17  Mammograms and pap smears– Coverage mandated. – (a) Subscribers to any nonprofit medical service plan shall be affordedcoverage under the plan for mammograms and pap smears, in accordance withguidelines established by the American Cancer Society.

   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter,subscribers to any nonprofit medical service plan shall be afforded coveragefor two (2) paid screening mammograms per year when recommended by a physicianfor women who have been treated for breast cancer within the last five (5)years or who are at high risk of developing breast cancer due to geneticpredisposition (BRCA gene mutation or multiple first degree relatives) or highrisk lesion on prior biopsy (lobular carcinoma in situ) or atypical ductalhyperplasia.