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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-135" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “annual preventive care” means an annual preventive visit, screening, or examination that is a covered benefit under a policy or contract issued or delivered by an entity subject to this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Annual preventive care” includes, if the service is a covered benefit:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an annual child wellness visit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a routine gynecological visit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a screening test or examination for colorectal cancer, chlamydia, human papillomavirus, prostate cancer, or breast cancer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>an annual vision visit that includes a vision examination.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section applies to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>insurers and nonprofit health service plans that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups on an expense–incurred basis under health insurance policies or contracts that are issued or delivered in the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>health maintenance organizations that provide hospital, medical, or surgical benefits to individuals or groups under contracts that are issued or delivered in the State.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>An entity subject to this section that provides covered benefits for annual preventive care shall provide coverage for the annual preventive care if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the annual preventive care is provided no more than once at any time during the plan year established in the policy or contract; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any other requirements for coverage of the annual preventive care are met.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>This section may not be construed to require coverage for a service not otherwise required by law.</text>
  </level>
</section>
