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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 52, STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS
Chapter 14: "Department" and "head of department" defined
Section: 52:14-17.46.6r: The School Employees' Health Benefits Commission, contract, provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening.
10. a. The School Employees' Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of this act that provides hospital or medical expense benefits shall provide benefits to any person covered thereunder for expenses incurred in conducting a colorectal cancer screening in accordance with United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. The method and frequency of screening to be utilized shall be in accordance with the most recent published recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force and as determined medically necessary by the covered person's physician, in consultation with the covered person.
b. No deductible, coinsurance, copayment, or any other cost-sharing requirement shall be imposed for a colonoscopy performed following a positive result on a non-colonoscopy, colorectal cancer screening test recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force.
c. The benefits shall be provided to the same extent as for any other medical condition under the contract.
L.2023, c.8, s.10.
This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2023-02-23 15:36:36.
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