Rhode Island H7276 prohibits insurance companies from imposing cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.

Rhode Island H7276 amends the state's insurance laws to prohibit insurance companies from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations. Diagnostic breast examinations are those used to evaluate an abnormality seen or suspected from a screening examination for breast cancer, or detected by another means. Supplemental breast examinations are those used to screen for breast cancer when there is no abnormality seen or suspected, based on personal or family medical history, or additional factors that may increase the individual’s risk of breast cancer.

Rhode Island H7276 prohibits insurance companies from imposing cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations.

Rhode Island H7276 amends the state's insurance laws to prohibit insurance companies from imposing any cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic or supplemental breast examinations. Diagnostic breast examinations are those used to evaluate an abnormality seen or suspected from a screening examination for breast cancer, or detected by another means. Supplemental breast examinations are those used to screen for breast cancer when there is no abnormality seen or suspected, based on personal or family medical history, or additional factors that may increase the individual’s risk of breast cancer.