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LR 1578
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 24 MRSA §2332-N is enacted to read:

 
§2332-N.__Coverage for breast reduction and symptomatic

 
varicose vein surgery

 
All individual and group nonprofit hospital and medical
services plan policies, contracts and certificates and all
nonprofit health care plan policies, contracts and certificates
must provide coverage for medically necessary breast reduction
and symptomatic varicose vein surgery.

 
Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2761 is enacted to read:

 
§2761.__Coverage for breast reduction and symptomatic

 
varicose vein surgery

 
All individual health insurance policies, contracts and
certificates, except accidental injury, specified disease,
hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, long-term care and other
limited benefit health insurance policies, contracts and
certificates, must provide coverage for medically necessary
breast reduction and symptomatic varicose vein surgery.

 
Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2847-L is enacted to read:

 
§2847-L.__Coverage for breast reduction and symptomatic

 
varicose vein surgery

 
All group health insurance policies, contracts and
certificates must provide coverage for medically necessary breast
reduction and symptomatic varicose vein surgery.

 
Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA §4252 is enacted to read:

 
§4252.__Coverage for breast reduction and symptomatic

 
varicose vein surgery

 
All health maintenance organization individual and group
health insurance policies, contracts and certificates must
provide coverage for medically necessary breast reduction and
symptomatic varicose vein surgery.

 
Sec. 5. Application. This Act applies to health insurance policies,
contracts and certificates executed, delivered, issued for
delivery, continued or renewed in this State on or after January
1, 2006.


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