SCLD Update
Year In Review

Breast Cancer Detection
Cervical Cancer Detection
Ovarian Cancer Detection
Prostate Cancer Detection
Testicular Cancer Detection
Cancer-General
Tobacco-Use Reduction
State-of-the-Art Treatment
Cancer Registries
Addendum
Enacted Legislation and Adopted Resolutions

Cervical Cancer Detection
Third-Party Reimbursement

In Louisiana, H.B. 2219 mandates that the State Employees' Group Benefits Program provide coverage for cervical cancer detection, effective July 1, 1998. See the additional summary of this bill in the Breast Cancer Detection/Third-Party Reimbursement section and the Prostate Cancer Detection/Third-Party Reimbursement section.

With A.B. 26, Nevada amends its cytology screening reimbursement law by prohibiting designated individual and group insurers, including HMOs, from requiring an insured person to obtain prior authorization for any cytologic screening services mandated by law. See the additional summary of this bill in the Breast Cancer Detection/Third-Party Reimbursement section.

Cytology Quality Assurance

Nevada enacted a law, S.B. 448, requiring the state Board of Health ("Board") to adopt regulations establishing the length of time that health care and other records of medical laboratories must be retained. All regulations adopted by the Board, except for qualifications and duties of medical laboratory personnel, may not be more stringent than the provisions of the Federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (P.L. 100-578). The Health Division of the state Department of Human Resources may require a laboratory located outside the state to be licensed in accordance with this law before examining any specimens collected within the state.