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104161
. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
shall apply:
(a) "Covered conditions" means breast or cervical cancer.
(b) "Breast cancer" includes primary, recurrent, and metastatic
cancers of the breast, including, but not limited to, infiltrating or
in situ.
(c) "Cervical cancer" includes all primary, recurrent, and
metastatic cancers of the cervix, including, but not limited to,
infiltrating or in situ, as well as cervical dysplasia.
(d) "Period of coverage" means the period of time beginning when
an individual is made eligible under this article for a covered
condition and shall not exceed the period of time the individual's
eligibility for treatment services for a covered condition concludes,
as described in Section 104161.1.
(e) "Treatment services" means those health care services, goods,
supplies, or merchandise medically necessary to treat the covered
condition or conditions with which the individual made eligible under
this article has been diagnosed.
(f) "Uninsured" means not covered for breast or cervical cancer
treatment services by any of the following:
(1) No cost full scope Medi-Cal.
(2) Medicare.
(3) A health care service plan contract or policy of disability
insurance.
(4) Any other form of health care coverage.
(g) "Underinsured" means either of the following:
(1) Covered for breast or cervical cancer treatment services by
any health care insurance listed in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of
subdivision (f), but the sum of the individual's insurance
deductible, premiums, and expected copayments in the initial 12-month
period that breast or cervical cancer treatment services are needed
exceeds seven hundred fifty dollars ($750).
(2) Covered by share-of-cost or limited scope Medi-Cal, if the
individual is not otherwise eligible for treatment services under the
Medi-Cal program pursuant to Section 14007.71 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.