2001 Minnesota Statutes

     62A.30 Coverage for diagnostic procedures for cancer. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope of coverage.  This section 
 applies to all policies of accident and health insurance, health 
 maintenance contracts regulated under chapter 62D, health 
 benefit certificates offered through a fraternal benefit society 
 regulated under chapter 64B, and subscriber contracts offered by 
 nonprofit health service plan corporations regulated under 
 chapter 62C, but does not apply to policies designed primarily 
 to provide coverage payable on a per diem, fixed indemnity or 
 nonexpense incurred basis, or policies that provide only 
 accident coverage. 

    Subd. 2.    Required coverage.  Every policy, plan, 
 certificate, or contract referred to in subdivision 1 issued or 
 renewed after August 1, 1988, that provides coverage to a 
 Minnesota resident must provide coverage for routine screening 
 procedures for cancer, including mammograms and pap smears, when 
 ordered or provided by a physician in accordance with the 
 standard practice of medicine. 

    HIST: 1988 c 441 s 2; 1988 c 642 s 5; 1992 c 564 art 1 s 
 32,54; 1994 c 465 art 3 s 11