{"data":{"id":"us-me/24-a-m.r.s.-2847-n","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"24-A M.R.S. §2847-N","heading":"Coverage for colorectal cancer screening","body":"1.  Colorectal cancer screening.  For the purposes of this section, \"colorectal cancer screening\" means all colorectal cancer examinations and laboratory tests recommended by a health care provider in accordance with the most recently published colorectal cancer screening guidelines of a national cancer society.\n2.  Required coverage.  All group health insurance policies, contracts and certificates must provide coverage for colorectal cancer screening for asymptomatic individuals who are:\nA.  At average risk for colorectal cancer according to the most recently published colorectal cancer screening guidelines of a national cancer society; or\nB.  At high risk for colorectal cancer.\n3.  Billing.  If a colonoscopy is recommended by a health care provider as the colorectal cancer screening test in accordance with this section and a lesion is discovered and removed during that colonoscopy, the health care provider must bill the insurance company for a screening colonoscopy as the primary procedure.\nRevisor's Note: §2847-N.  Coverage for medically necessary infant formula (As enacted by PL 2007, c. 595, §3 is REALLOCATED TO TITLE 24-A, SECTION 2847-P)","path":["TITLE 24-A: MAINE INSURANCE CODE","CHAPTER 35: GROUP AND BLANKET HEALTH INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/24-A/title24-Asec2847-N.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:33Z","sha256":"2973b24a81db43cdff450b5e128c7aa27af080a6697dc3c5fda7f9c4f73b6e4e","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/24-a-m.r.s.-2847-m","next":"us-me/24-a-m.r.s.-2847-o"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}