Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 48 Insurance - Section 48.20.395 Reconstructive breast surgery

§ 48.20.395. Reconstructive breast surgery

(1) Any disability insurance contract providing hospital and medical expenses and health care services delivered or issued in this state after July 24, 1983, shall provide coverage for reconstructive breast surgery resulting from a mastectomy which resulted from disease, illness, or injury.

(2) Any disability insurance contract providing hospital and medical expenses and health care services delivered or issued in this state after January 1, 1986, shall provide coverage for all stages of one reconstructive breast reduction on the nondiseased breast to make it equal in size with the diseased breast after definitive reconstructive surgery on the diseased breast has been performed.

[1985 c 54 § 5; 1983 c 113 § 1.]

Notes:
     Effective date -- 1985 c 54: See note following RCW 48.20.397.

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