{"data":{"id":"us-gu/22-gca-181001","jurisdiction":"us-gu","citation":"22 GCA § 181001","heading":"Coverage for Prostate and Cervical Cancer Detection.","body":"(a) Except for a fraternal benefit society, a health care insurer that offers, issues for delivery, delivers, or renews in Guam, a health care insurance plan, shall provide coverage for the costs of prostate cancer screening tests as required under the schedule described in Subsection (b) of this Section, and shall provide coverage for the costs of cervical cancer screening tests as required under the schedule described in Subsection (c) of this Section. The coverage required by this Section is subject to standard policy provisions applicable to other benefits, including deductible or copayment provisions.\n(b) The minimum coverage required under Subsection (a) of this Section for prostate cancer screening includes an annual prostate cancer screening test, by digital rectal examination, for a person who is forty (40) or more years of age.\n(c) The minimum coverage required under Subsection (a) of this Section for cervical cancer screening is an annual pap smear cancer screening test for a person who is twenty-one (21) or more years of age.\n(d) The coverage described by this Section shall be effective in the event that the United States Preventive Services Task Force, its recommendations, or the provisions of the Affordable Care Act or its successor acts, should cease to require such coverage.","path":["Title 22: Business Regulation","Division 2 - Insurance Law","Chapter 18: The Contract of Insurance","ARTICLE 10: HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE ; SCREENINGS"],"source_url":"https://col.guamcourts.gov/sites/default/files/22gc018.pdf","current_through":"P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-27T04:18:08Z","sha256":"39b9123cb6db7db2100ad8814fcd29c6e6c0e3d79820a3af7c39782e890b24d1","source_id":"us-gu","stale":false,"prev":"us-gu/22-gca-18902","next":"us-gu/22-gca-181002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}