California Insurance Code

§ 10123.18

INS § 10123.18 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)A disability insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024, and that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical benefits shall provide coverage, upon the referral of a patient’s physician and surgeon, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, providing care to the patient and operating within the scope of practice otherwise permitted for the licensee, for an annual cervical cancer screening test.

(1)The coverage for an annual cervical cancer screening test provided pursuant to this section shall include the conventional Pap test, a human papillomavirus screening test that is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the option of any cervical cancer screening test approved by the FDA, upon the referral of the patient’s health care provider.

(2)This subdivision does not require an individual or group policy to cover treatment or surgery for cervical cancer or to prevent application of deductible or copayment provisions contained in the policy or certificate, and does not require that coverage under an individual or group policy be extended to any other procedures.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 809, Sec. 7. (AB 659) Effective January 1, 2024.