§ 15-834. Coverage for prostheses

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   (a) Applicability. -- This section applies to:

   (1) insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups on an expense-incurred basis under health insurance policies or contracts that are issued or delivered in the State; and

   (2) health maintenance organizations that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups under contracts that are issued or delivered in the State.

(b) Coverage. -- An entity subject to this section shall provide coverage for a prosthesis that has been prescribed by a physician for an enrollee or insured who has undergone a mastectomy and has not had breast reconstruction.

HISTORY: 1999, ch. 155.

                    
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