HOUSE BILL No. 4807


     May 20, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Thomas, Wallace, Bogardus, Murphy, Anthony, Kelly, Martinez, Tesanovich, Willard, Schermesser, Wojno, LaForge, Whyman, Raczkowski, Hale, Goschka, Scott, DeHart, Hanley, Leland, Prusi, Harder, Varga, Vaughn, Gire, McNutt, Ciaramitaro, Brewer, Parks, Dobronski, McBryde, Griffin, Olshove, Mathieu, Freeman, Galloway,
Schauer, Hood, Stallworth, Wetters, Frank and Perricone and referred to the Committee on Insurance.


        A bill to amend 1980 PA 350, entitled

   "The nonprofit health care corporation reform act,"

   (MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704) by adding section 416b.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 416B.  (1) A HEALTH CARE CORPORATION SHALL PROVIDE IN

 2    EACH GROUP AND NONGROUP CERTIFICATE COVERAGE FOR MEDICALLY RECOG-

 3    NIZED DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING FOR PROSTATIC CANCER AS FOLLOWS:

 4         (A) IF RECOMMENDED BY A PHYSICIAN, AT ANY AGE FOR MEN WITH A

 5    PRIOR HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER.

 6         (B) ANNUALLY FOR THE FOLLOWING:

 7         (i) FIFTY OR OLDER ASYMPTOMATIC MEN.

 8         (ii) FORTY OR OLDER AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN.

 9         (iii) FORTY OR OLDER MEN WITH A FAMILY HISTORY OF PROSTATE

10    CANCER.




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 1         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED

 2    DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING FOR PROSTATIC CANCER" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT

 3    LIMITED TO, DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATIONS, TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOG-

 4    RAPHY, AND PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TESTS.
















































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