A. For the purposes of this section,

1. "Health benefit plan" means any plan or arrangement as defined in subsection C of Section 6060.4 of this title;

2. "Low-dose mammography" means:

a.the x-ray examination of the breast using equipment specifically dedicated for such purpose, with an average radiation exposure delivery of less than one rad mid-breast and with two views for each breast,

b.digital mammography, or

c.breast tomosynthesis;

3. "Breast tomosynthesis" means a radiologic mammography procedure involving the acquisition of projection images over a stationary breast to produce cross-sectional digital three-dimensional images of the breast from which breast cancer screening diagnoses may be made.

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

1. Be subject to the policy deductible, co-payments and co-insurance limits of the plan; or

2. Require that a female undergo a mammography screening at a specified time as a condition of payment.

C. 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 once every five (5) years.

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 screening.

Added by Laws 1988, c. 118, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1989, c. 287, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 1993, c. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Laws 1994, c. 294, § 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 2001, c. 408, § 1, eff. July 1, 2001; Laws 2002, c. 78, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 2002; Laws 2008, c. 184, § 23, eff. July 1, 2008; Laws 2010, c. 222, § 29, eff. Nov. 1, 2010; Laws 2018, c. 158, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.