1. A. All health benefit plans shall include the coverage specified by this section for a mammography screening for the presence of occult breast cancer. Such coverage shall not:

   1. 1. Be subject to the policy deductible, co-payments and co-insurance limits of the plan; or
   2. 2. Require that a female undergo a mammography screening at a specified time as a condition of payment.

2. B.

   1. 1. Any female thirty-five (35) through thirty-nine (39) years of age shall be entitled pursuant to the provisions of this section to coverage for a mammography screening once every five (5) years.
   2. 2. Any female forty (40) years of age or older shall be entitled pursuant to the provisions of this section to coverage for an annual mammography screening.
3. C. As used in this section, "health benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement as defined in subsection C of Section 6060.4 of this title.

Laws 1988, SB 612, c. 118, § 9, eff. November 1, 1988; Amended by Laws 1989, HB 1157, c. 287, § 1, eff. November 1, 1989; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1719, c. 165, § 1, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1994, SB 772, c. 294, § 10, eff. September 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 2001, SB 711, c. 408, § 1, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2002, SB 1676, c. 78, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 2002 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2008, SB 2122, c. 184, § 23, emerg. eff. July 1, 2008 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2010, SB 2054, c. 222, § 29, eff. November 1, 2010 (superseded document available).