HOUSE BILL No. 4808


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


        A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

   "Public health code,"

   (MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211) by adding section 21053d.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 21053D.  (1) A HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION SHALL

 2    PROVIDE IN EACH GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT COVERAGE FOR MEDI-

 3    CALLY RECOGNIZED DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING FOR PROSTATIC CANCER AS

 4    FOLLOWS:

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

 6    PRIOR HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER.

 7         (B) ANNUALLY FOR THE FOLLOWING:

 8         (i) FIFTY OR OLDER ASYMPTOMATIC MEN.

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

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

11    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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