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1997 SESSION

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SB 1003 Accident and sickness insurance; coverage for annual PSA tests.

Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Accident and sickness insurance; coverage for annual PSA tests. Requires health insurers, health maintenance organizations and corporations providing accident and sickness subscription contracts to provide coverage for annual PSA tests. A PSA test analyzes a blood sample for the level of prostate specific antigen; it is a screening test for prostate cancer. The bill's provisions are applicable to policies, plans and contracts delivered, issued for delivery or renewed on and after July 1, 1997. They are not applicable to short-term travel, accident only, limited or specified disease policies, or to short-term nonrenewable policies of not more than six months' duration.


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