Source: https://development.code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/titles/31/chapters/29/
Timestamp: 2019-05-25 23:28:50
Document Index: 655716489

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 31', '§ 31', '§ 31', '§\u200235', '§ 4', '§ 401', '§\u200235', '§ 31', '§ 2']

D.C. Law Library - Chapter 29. Cancer Prevention.
§§ 31-2901 – 31-2903
§§ 31-2931 – 31-2931
§§ 31-2951 – 31-2954
(1) “Baseline mammogram” means a screening mammogram that is used as a comparison for future examinations.
(2) “Screening mammogram” means a low dose x-ray used to visualize the internal structure of the breast.
(3) “Cytologic screening” means a pap test to detect cervical cancer through the simple microscopic examination of cells scraped from the surface of the cervix.
(4) “Health benefit plan” means any accident and health insurance policy or certificate, hospital and medical services corporation contract, health maintenance organization subscriber contract, plan provided by a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or plan provided by another benefit arrangement. The term “health benefit plan” does not mean accident only, credit, or disability insurance; coverage of Medicare services or federal employee health plans, pursuant to contracts with the United States government; Medicare supplemental or long-term care insurance; dental only or vision only insurance; specified disease insurance; hospital confinement indemnity coverage; limited benefit health coverage; coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, insurance arising out of a workers’ compensation or similar law; automobile medical payment insurance; medical expense and loss of income benefits; or insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and that is statutorily required to be contained in any liability insurance policy or equivalent self-insurance.
1981 Ed., § 35-2401.
D.C. Law 14-312 rewrote par. (4) which had read as follows: “(4) ‘Health insurance policy’ means any health insurance policy that provides for the payment of indemnity on account of sickness and is offered by Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Incorporated, a health insurance company, a health self-insured, an insurance purchasing trust, or any health maintenance organization that offers insurance benefits or health plans in the District of Columbia (‘District’). The term ‘health insurance policy’ shall not include a hospital indemnity policy, a disability insurance policy, an accident only policy, or a student accident policy.”
The requirements of this subchapter shall apply:
(1) To any health benefit plan delivered or issued for delivery in the District more than 120 days after March 7, 1991; and
(2) To any health benefit plan renewed, amended, or reissued 120 days after March 7, 1991.
(Mar. 7, 1991, D.C. Law 8-225, § 4, 38 DCR 217; June 18, 2003, D.C. Law 14-312, § 401(c), 50 DCR 306.)
1981 Ed., § 35-2403.
D.C. Law 14-312, in pars. (1) and (2), substituted “health benefit plan” for “insurance policy or subscriber contract”.
§ 31–2931. Coverage.
(a) Every individual and group health insurance policy or service, including Medicaid, shall provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening for policyholders residing in the District of Columbia.
(b) The screening shall be in compliance with American Cancer Society colorectal cancer screening guidelines.
(c) As American Cancer Society colorectal cancer screening guidelines are updated, every individual and group health insurance policy of service, including Medicaid, shall update their colorectal cancer screening benefits to comply with the American Cancer Society guidelines.
(Apr. 13, 2002, D.C. Law 14-100, § 2, 49 DCR 1008.)