N.J.S.A. 52:14-17.29f — Pap smear benefits in State health benefits contracts

52:14-17.29f. Pap smear benefits in State health benefits contracts 6. The State Health Benefits Commission shall provide benefits to each person covered under the State Health Benefits Program for expenses incurred in conducting a Pap smear. The benefits shall be provided to the same extent as for any other medical condition under the contract. As used in this section, and notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, "Pap smear" means an initial Pap smear and any confirmatory test when medically necessary and as ordered by the covered person's physician and includes all laboratory costs associated with the initial Pap smear and any such confirmatory test. L.2001,c.227,s.6. 52:14-17.29g Notice to enrollees in State Health Benefits Program managed care plans if primary care physician is terminated from plan. 1. a. The State Health Benefits Commission shall ensure that every contract purchased by the commission on or after the effective date of P.L.2001, c.284 (C.52:14-17.29g) provides that if an enrollee's or member's primary care physician's contract as a participating physician in a health maintenance organization or State managed care plan will be terminated, the health maintenance organization or State managed care plan, as appropriate, shall provide the enrollee or member with 90-days' notice of the termination. If 90-days' notice cannot be provided because the termination will occur prior to the end of the 90-day period, the health maintenance organization or State managed care plan shall notify the enrollee or member as soon as the health maintenance organization or State managed care plan has knowledge of the termination. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any policy governing open enrollment to the contrary, an enrollee or member who has been notified by a health maintenance organization or State managed care plan pursuant to this section may change his coverage to another health benefits plan under the State Health Benefits Program upon receiving notice that his primary care physician will no longer be a participating physician with the health maintenance organization or State managed care plan, in which the person is currently enrolled. L.2001, c.284, s.1; amended 2007, c.103, s.24.

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