Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7,102

Current with changes from the 2024 legislative session enacted on or before 4/18/2024
Section 44-7,102 - [Operative 1/1/2025] Coverage for screening for colorectal cancer
(1) Notwithstanding section 44-3,131, (a) any individual or group sickness and accident insurance policy, certificate, or subscriber contract delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state and any hospital, medical, or surgical expense-incurred policy, except for short-term major medical policies of six months or less duration and policies that provide coverage for a specified disease or other limited-benefit coverage, and (b) any self-funded employee benefit plan to the extent not preempted by federal law shall include screening coverage for a colorectal cancer examination, laboratory tests for cancer, and a concurrent removal of polyps or biopsy, or both, for any nonsymptomatic person forty-five years of age or older covered under such policy, certificate, contract, or plan. Such screening coverage shall include a maximum of one stool-based preventive screening test as approved by the United States Preventive Services Task Force annually and a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years, a colonoscopy every ten years, or a barium enema every five to ten years, or any combination, or the most reliable, medically recognized screening test available. The screenings selected shall be as deemed appropriate by a health care provider and the patient.
(2)
(a) On or after December 31, 2023, no policy, certificate, or contract, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state, or any self-funded employee benefit plan, to the extent not preempted by federal law, shall impose a deductible, coinsurance, or any other cost-sharing requirements for screening colonoscopies as recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force, including those performed as a result of a positive noncolonoscopy stool-based preventive screening test.
(b) No policy, certificate, or contract, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state, or any self-funded employee benefit plan, to the extent not preempted by federal law, shall impose a deductible, coinsurance, or any other cost-sharing requirements for any service or item that is an integral part of performing a colorectal cancer screening, including:
(i) Polyp removal performed during the screening procedure;
(ii) Any pathology examination on a polyp biopsy performed as part of the screening procedure;
(iii) Required specialist consultation prior to the screening procedure;
(iv) Bowel preparation medications prescribed for the screening procedure; and
(v) Anesthesia services performed in connection with a preventive colonoscopy.

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7,102

Laws 2007, LB247, § 86; Laws 2022, LB 863,§ 20; Laws 2023, LB 92,§ 55.
Amended by Laws 2024, LB 829,§ 1, eff. three calendar months after the adjournment of the session, op. 1/1/2025.
Amended by Laws 2023, LB 92,§ 55, eff. 6/7/2023, op. 9/2/2023.
Amended by Laws 2022, LB 863,§ 20, eff. 7/21/2022.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.