HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1777        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 908

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Infant Echo Cardiograms..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 47Z the following section:-

Section 47 AA.  Any individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section 108, and any group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section 110, except policies providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or to other government programs, delivered, issued or renewed by agreement within or without the commonwealth shall provide coverage for the cost of Echo cardiograms for newborns.