{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176a-8j","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176A, § 8J","heading":"Minimum requirements for cytologic screening and mammographic examination expense benefits","body":"Section 8J. Any contract, except contracts providing supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, between a subscriber and the corporation under an individual group hospital service plan which shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide, as a basic benefit to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, for expense for cytologic screening and mammographic examination. Said benefits shall be at least equal to the following minimum requirements: (a) in the case of benefits for cytologic screening, said benefits shall provide for an annual cytologic screening for women eighteen years of age and older; and (b), in the case of benefits for mammographic examination, said benefits shall provide for a baseline mammogram for women between the ages of thirty-five and forty and for a mammogram on an annual basis for women forty years of age and older.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 176A"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter176A/Section8J","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:13Z","sha256":"864a47cd54a8ef4ff3e692ff0074a03cab4964e74cd14016fab97ecc59dcf202","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176a-8i","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176a-8k"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}