Coverage Under Health Benefit Plan for

Colorectal Cancer Examinations and Laboratory Tests.

(a)Except for a fraternal benefit society, a health benefit plan issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2018, shall provide coverage for all colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests specified in current American Cancer Society guidelines for complete colorectal cancer screening of asymptomatic individuals as follows:

(1)Coverage or benefits shall be provided for all colorectal screening examinations and tests that are administered at a frequency identified in the most recent version of the American Cancer Society guidelines for complete colorectal cancer screening; and

(2)The covered individual shall be:

(A)fifty

(50)years of age or older; or

(B)less than fifty

(50)years of age and at high risk for colorectal cancer according to the current colorectal cancer screening guidelines of the American Cancer Society.

(b)Coverage under this Section shall not be subject to a deductible or coinsurance for services received from participating providers under the health benefit plan in the event that the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations or the provisions of the Affordable Care Act or its successor acts should cease to require such coverage.