California · Health and Safety Code - HSC
HSC §104161: For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Covered conditions” means breast or cervical cancer.
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For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Covered conditions” means breast or cervical cancer. (b) “Breast cancer” includes primary, recurrent, and metastatic cancers of the breast, including, but not limited to, infiltrating or in situ. (c) “Cervical cancer” includes all primary, recurrent, and metastatic cancers of the cervix, including, but not limited to, infiltrating or in situ, as well as cervical dysplasia. (d) “Treatment services” means those health care services, goods, supplies, or merchandise medically necessary to treat the covered condition or conditions with which the individual made eligible under this article has been diagnosed. (e) “Uninsured” means not covered for breast or cervical cancer treatment services by any of the following: (1) No-cost full-scope Medi-Cal. (2) Medicare. (3) A health care service plan contract or policy of disability insurance. (4) Any other form of health care coverage. (f) “Underinsured” means either of the following: (1) Covered for breast or cervical cancer treatment services by any health care insurance listed in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of subdivision (e), but the sum of the individual’s insurance deductible, premiums, and expected copayments in the initial 12-month period that breast or cervical cancer treatment services are needed exceeds seven hundred fifty dollars ($750). (2) Covered by share-of-cost or limited-scope Medi-Cal, if the individual is not otherwise eligible for treatment services under the Medi-Cal program pursuant to Section 14007.71 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
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