ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 59

CHAPTER 59
(Senate Bill 39)

AN ACT concerning

Health Insurance - Coverage for Home Visits After Mastectomy or Surgical
Removal of a Testicle - Repeal Extension of Sunset

FOR the purpose of repealing extending a certain termination date for insurance
coverage for certain home visits 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 2002 Supplement)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Chapter 120 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1999
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
mastectomy or the surgical removal of a testicle on an outpatient basis, an entity
subject to this section shall provide coverage for:

(1) one home visit scheduled to occur within 24 hours after discharge
from the hospital or outpatient health care facility; and

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