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H.B. 1497
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ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor
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House Bill No. 1497
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AN ACT concerning
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Health Insurance - Coverage for Services Following a Mastectomy or
Surgical Removal of a Testicle
FOR the purpose of repealing a certain termination date for insurance coverage for
certain home visits following a mastectomy or surgical removal of a testicle;
requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to assess the impacts of
requiring health insurance carriers to provide coverage for the cost of certain
inpatient hospitalization services following a mastectomy or surgical removal of
a testicle; requiring the Commission to report to the General Assembly on the
results of its study; and generally relating to health insurance coverage for
services following a mastectomy or surgical removal of a testicle.
BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article — Insurance
Section 15-832
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Replacement Volume and 2005 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Chapter 120 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999, as amended by
Chapter 59 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2003
Section 7
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Insurance
15-832.
(a) In this section, "mastectomy" means the surgical removal of all or part of a
breast as a result of breast cancer.
(b) This section applies to:
(1) insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide inpatient
hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups on an
expense—incurred basis under health insurance policies or contracts that are issued or
delivered in the State; and
(2) health maintenance organizations that provide inpatient hospital,
medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups under contracts that are issued
or delivered in the State.
(c) For a patient who receives less than 48 hours of inpatient hospitalization
following a mastectomy or the surgical removal of a testicle, or who undergoes a
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