No health care service contractor under this chapter may refuse to issue any contract or cancel or decline to renew the contract solely because of a mastectomy or lumpectomy performed on the insured or prospective insured more than five years previously. The amount of benefits payable, or any term, rate, condition, or type of coverage shall not be restricted, modified, excluded, increased, or reduced solely on the basis of a mastectomy or lumpectomy performed on the insured or prospective insured more than five years previously.
RCW 48.44.335
Mastectomy, lumpectomy.
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Carr v. Blue Cross of Washington & Alaska (1999)
Most recently applied in Carr v. Blue Cross of Washington & Alaska (February 1999)
1985 c 54 s 3.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.