Regards insurance, Medicaid coverage of scalp cooling systems

Summary

The bill defines a scalp‑cooling system and mandates that any health, group, or sickness‑and‑accident insurance policy that covers cancer chemotherapy must also cover the cost of such a device. It extends the same requirement to public employee benefit plans and to Medicaid recipients, and lets the Medicaid director adopt rules to implement the coverage. The aim is to help patients undergoing chemotherapy prevent or reduce hair loss.

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