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State Mandated Benefits: Cancer Screening for Women, 2008

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	Mandates Any Type of Cancer Screening for Women?	Breast Cancer Screening?	Cervical Cancer Screening?	Ovarian Cancer Screening?

United States	49 + DC Yes	49 + DC Yes	28 + DC Yes	3 Yes

Alabama	Yes	Yes	No	No
Alaska	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Arizona	Yes	Yes	No	No
Arkansas	Yes	Yes	No	No
California	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Colorado	Yes	Yes	No	No
Connecticut	Yes	Yes	No	No
Delaware	Yes1	Yes1	Yes1	No1
District of Columbia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Florida	Yes	Yes	No	No
Georgia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hawaii	Yes	Yes	No	No
Idaho	Yes	Yes	No	No
Illinois	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Indiana	Yes	Yes	No	No
Iowa	Yes	Yes	No	No
Kansas	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Kentucky	Yes	Yes	No	No
Louisiana	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Maine	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Maryland	Yes	Yes	No	No
Massachusetts	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Michigan	Yes	Yes	No	No
Minnesota	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mississippi	Yes	Yes	No	No
Missouri	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Montana	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nebraska	Yes	Yes	No	No
Nevada	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
New Hampshire	Yes	Yes	No	No
New Jersey	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
New Mexico	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
New York	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
North Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
North Dakota	Yes	Yes	No	No
Ohio	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Oklahoma	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Oregon	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Pennsylvania	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Rhode Island	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
South Carolina	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
South Dakota	Yes	Yes	No	No
Tennessee	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Texas	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Utah	No	No	No	No
Vermont	Yes	Yes	No	No
Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Washington	Yes	Yes	No	No
West Virginia	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Wisconsin	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Wyoming	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

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Notes:	Data as of March 15, 2008. These requirements apply to managed care organizations and to the large group market (50+ employees) only.
Sources:	Health Policy Tracking Service, a service of Thomson West, April 2008, available at http://www.netscan.com.
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Footnotes:	Current law stipulates that health plans must provide coverage for the ovarian cancer monitoring test (CA-125) subsequent to treatment. However, the law does not indicate that coverage should be provided for routine screening.