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Statutes > New-jersey > Title-26 > Section-26-2j > 26-2j-4-426:2J-4.4 Health maintenance organization, mammogram examination benefits.
6.Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a certificate of authority to establish and operate a health maintenance organization in this State shall not be issued or continued by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services on or after the effective date of this act unless the health maintenance organization provides health care services to any enrollee for the conduct of: one baseline mammogram examination for women who are at least 35 but less than 40 years of age; a mammogram examination every year for women age 40 and over; and, in the case of a woman who is under 40 years of age and has a family history of breast cancer or other breast cancer risk factors, a mammogram examination at such age and intervals as deemed medically necessary by the woman's health care provider.
These health care services shall be provided to the same extent as for any other sickness under the enrollee agreement.
The provisions of this section shall apply to all enrollee agreements in which the health maintenance organization has reserved the right to change the schedule of charges.
L.1991,c.279,s.6; amended 1999, c.341, s.6; 2004, c.86, s.6.
