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2002 SESSION

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HB 662 Health insurance; reconstructive breast surgery.

Introduced by: Joe T. May | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Health insurance; reconstructive breast surgery. Amends the statute mandating reconstructive breast surgery coincident with or after a mastectomy for breast cancer to render Virginia's law consistent with the federal Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998, which was incorporated into Title I of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 300gg, et seq.). An existing provision that limits the mandate to policies, contracts or plans delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on or after July 1, 1998, is removed, and the mandate will apply to surgeries performed on or after October 21, 1998, which is the effective date of the federal law. An enactment clause provides that the amendments do not adversely affect the rights of any covered person that existed under the mandate as it previously existed. The measure also (i) provides that reconstructive breast surgery includes coverage for prostheses and physical complications, (ii) requires written notice of the coverage be provided to the enrollee, and (iii) prohibits denial of eligibility for coverage solely for the purpose of avoiding the requirements of the mandate.


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