S.2864

Mandates health insurance coverage by eliminating out-of-pocket costs for lung cancer screenings in order to enable patients to get the critical care they need without delay.

Introduced·3/4/26
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Rhode Island S2864 mandates health insurance coverage for lung cancer screenings, eliminating out-of-pocket costs to ensure timely critical care.

Rhode Island S2864 aims to address the high incidence of lung cancer deaths by mandating health insurance coverage for lung cancer screenings. The bill eliminates out-of-pocket costs for these screenings, ensuring patients can receive critical care without delay. It applies to all individual and group health insurance contracts, plans, or policies delivered, issued for delivery, prescribed, or renewed in the state after January 1, 2027.

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History

Mar 6

Senate

Withdrawn at sponsor's request

Mar 4

Senate

Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services