Nevada Code § 608.157

Benefits for health care: Coverage for mastectomy and reconstructive surgery
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1. If an employer provides health benefits
for his or her employees which include coverage for the surgical procedure
known as a mastectomy, the employer must also provide commensurate coverage for
at least two prosthetic devices and for reconstructive surgery incident to the
mastectomy. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, this coverage is
subject to the same terms and conditions that apply to the coverage for the
mastectomy.
2. If reconstructive surgery is begun
within 3 years after a mastectomy, the amount of the benefits for that surgery
must equal those amounts provided at the time of the mastectomy. If the surgery
is begun more than 3 years after the mastectomy, the benefits provided are
subject to all the terms, conditions and exclusions relating to those benefits
at the time of the reconstructive surgery.
3. For the purposes of this section,
reconstructive surgery means a surgical procedure performed following a
mastectomy on one breast or both breasts to re-establish symmetry between the
two breasts. The term includes, but is not limited to, augmentation
mammoplasty, reduction mammoplasty and mastopexy.

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