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1367.66
. Every individual or group health care service plan
contract, except for a specialized health care service plan, that is
issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2002, and that
includes coverage for treatment or surgery of cervical cancer shall
also be deemed to provide coverage for an annual cervical cancer
screening test upon the referral of the 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.
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 federal
Food and Drug Administration, and the option of any cervical cancer
screening test approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration,
upon the referral of the patient's health care provider.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to establish a new
mandated benefit or to prevent application of deductible or copayment
provisions in an existing plan contract. The Legislature intends in
this section to provide that cervical cancer screening services are
deemed to be covered if the plan contract includes coverage for
cervical cancer treatment or surgery.