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Mobile Mammography Amendments 2026 GENERAL SESSION STATE OF UTAH Chief Sponsor: Christine F. Watkins Senate Sponsor: David P. Hinkins LONG TITLE General Description: This bill amends provisions related to mobile mammography insurance coverage. Highlighted Provisions: This bill: defines terms; and requires a health benefit plan to cover mobile mammography screenings in certain circumstances. Money Appropriated in this Bill: None Other Special Clauses: This bill provides a special effective date. Utah Code Sections Affected: ENACTS: 31A-22-630.1, Utah Code Annotated 1953 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah: Section 1. Section 31A-22-630.1 is enacted to read: 31A-22-630.1. Mobile mammography screening coverage. (1) As used in this section: (a) "Approved mobile mammography unit" means a mobile mammography bus or vehicle that is: (i) equipped with mammography equipment to perform a mobile mammography screening; and (ii) approved by an accrediting body designated by the federal Food and Drug Administration to perform mammography screenings. (b) "Rural area" means a county of the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth class as classified under Section 17-60-104. (2) A health benefit plan that covers a mammography screening shall provide coverage of a mobile mammography screening if the mobile mammography screening is performed: (a) by an approved mobile mammography unit; and (b) in a rural area. (3) Coverage described in Subsection (2) shall reimburse the approved mobile mammography unit at the same rate that a health benefit plan reimburses for an in-network mammography screening performed in another setting. (4) An approved mobile mammography unit: (a) shall accept the amount reimbursed in Subsection (3) and any applicable enrollee cost sharing as payment in full; and (b) may only provide mammography screening services for an enrollee in accordance with the United States Preventative Services Task Force Guidelines on age and frequency. Section 2. Effective Date. This bill takes effect on January 1, 2027. 3-10-26 12:33 PM
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