HOUSE BILL No. 4806


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


        A bill to amend 1956 PA 218, entitled

   "The insurance code of 1956,"

   (MCL 500.100 to 500.8302) by adding section 3406j.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 3406J.  (1) AN INSURER THAT DELIVERS, ISSUES FOR DELIV-

 2    ERY, OR RENEWS IN THIS STATE AN EXPENSE-INCURRED HOSPITAL, MEDI-

 3    CAL, OR SURGICAL POLICY OR CERTIFICATE SHALL PROVIDE IN EACH

 4    POLICY AND CERTIFICATE COVERAGE FOR MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED DIAGNOS-

 5    TIC SCREENING FOR PROSTATIC CANCER AS FOLLOWS:

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

 7    PRIOR HISTORY OF PROSTATE CANCER.

 8         (B) ANNUALLY FOR THE FOLLOWING:

 9         (i) FIFTY OR OLDER ASYMPTOMATIC MEN.

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




   01976'97                                                 DKH
                                              2

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

 2    CANCER.

 3         (2) AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "MEDICALLY RECOGNIZED DIAGNOS-

 4    TIC SCREENING FOR PROSTATIC CANCER" INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED

 5    TO, DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATIONS, TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY, AND

 6    PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN TESTS.












































   01976'97          Final page.                            DKH