(a) Every accident and sickness insurance policy, medical expense insurance policy, or medical services plan contract delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state shall provide coverage for prostate and colorectal preventive screening examinations and laboratory tests for cancer for any nonsymptomatic person covered under that policy or contract. The coverage required by this section shall include preventive colorectal cancer screening coverage for all colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests in accordance with American Cancer Society guidelines, including for colorectal cancer screening of average risk individuals, including an initial colonoscopy or other medical test or procedure for colorectal cancer screening and a follow-up colonoscopy if the results of the initial medical test or procedure are abnormal. Provided, this section does not apply to insurance coverage providing benefits for: (1) Hospital confinement indemnity; (2) Disability income; (3) Accident only; (4) Long-term care; (5) Medicare supplement; (6) Limited benefit health; (7) Specific disease indemnity; (8) Sickness or bodily injury or death by accident, or both; and (9) Other limited benefit policies. (b) An insurer may not impose cost sharing on the coverage required by subsection (a) of this section when the services are delivered within the health insurer’s provider network.
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