1. A. All individual and group health insurance policies providing coverage on an expense incurred basis, and all individual and group service or indemnity type contracts issued by a nonprofit corporation which provide coverage for a female thirty-five (35) years old or older in this state, except for policies that provide coverage for specified disease or other limited benefit coverage, shall include the coverage specified by this section for a routine low-dose mammography screening in a reimbursement amount not to exceed Seventy-five Dollars ($75.00) for the presence of occult breast cancer and shall not be subject to the policy deductible, co-payments and co-insurance limits of the plan.

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 low-dose mammography screening.
   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 low-dose mammography.
3. C. For the purposes of this section, the term low-dose mammography means the x-ray examination of the breast using equipment dedicated specifically for mammography, including but not limited to the x-ray tube, filter, compression device, screens, films, and cassettes, with an average radiation exposure delivery of less than one rad mid-breast, with two views for each breast.

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.