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title: HB 927. Insurance; mammogram coverage criteria for females at risk for breast cancer; include certain relatives
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cite_as: HB 927, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.)
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date: 2026-01-12
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bill_number: HB 927
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
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chamber: House
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status_date: 2025-04-04
last_action: House Second Readers
sponsors:
- Inga Willis
- Omari Crawford
- Tanya Miller
- Mekyah McQueen
- Edna Jackson
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topic_tags:
- breast cancer screening
- insurance coverage
- mammograms
- women's health
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# HB 927. Insurance; mammogram coverage criteria for females at risk for breast cancer; include certain relatives
## Text
House Bill 927
By: Representatives Willis of the 55th, Crawford of the 89th, Miller of the 62nd, McQueen of
the 61st, and Jackson of the 165th
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, so as to
include certain relatives within mammogram coverage criteria for females at risk for breast
cancer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance, is amended by
revising paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 33-29-3.2, relating to coverage of
mammograms, Pap smears, and prostate-specific antigen tests, and notice of coverage, as
follows:
"(1) 'Female at risk' means a woman:
(A) Who has a personal history of breast cancer;
(B) Who has a personal history of biopsy proven benign breast disease;
(C) Whose grandmother, mother, sister, or daughter Who has one or more first or
second degree relatives who has had breast cancer; or
(D) Who has not given birth prior to age 30."
SECTION 2.
Said title is further amended by revising paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section
33-30-4.2, relating to insurance coverage for mammograms, Pap smears, and
prostate-specific antigen tests, as follows:
"(1) 'Female at risk' means a woman:
(A) Who has a personal history of breast cancer;
(B) Who has a personal history of biopsy proven benign breast disease;
(C) Whose grandmother, mother, sister, or daughter Who has one or more first or
second degree relatives who has had breast cancer; or
(D) Who has not given birth prior to age 30."
SECTION 3.
This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2025, and shall apply to all policies or contracts
issued, delivered, issued for delivery, or renewed in this state on or after such date.
SECTION 4.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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A Georgia House bill would broaden who counts as a woman 'at risk' for breast cancer under state insurance law, expanding the family history that qualifies someone for mandatory mammogram coverage.
### Plain-language summary
Georgia law already requires certain insurance policies to cover mammograms for women considered 'at risk' for breast cancer, including women with specific family history. Currently the law only counts a grandmother, mother, sister, or daughter who has had breast cancer. This bill would change that definition to instead cover any woman who has one or more first or second degree relatives who has had breast cancer, a broader medical category that can include additional relatives such as aunts, half-siblings, or grandchildren depending on how the terms are applied.
The change is made identically in two sections of Georgia's insurance code (O.C.G.A. §§ 33-29-3.2 and 33-30-4.2), which govern different types of insurers. The other parts of the 'female at risk' definition, covering personal history of breast cancer, biopsy-proven benign breast disease, and not giving birth before age 30, stay the same. The bill would take effect July 1, 2025, and apply to insurance policies issued, delivered, or renewed in Georgia on or after that date.
### What it does
- Replaces the specific list of qualifying relatives (grandmother, mother, sister, daughter) with the broader medical category of first or second degree relatives who had breast cancer.
- Makes this identical change in two separate Georgia insurance code sections covering different categories of insurance policies.
- Leaves unchanged the other criteria that qualify a woman as 'at risk,' including personal cancer history and not giving birth before age 30.
- Sets the changes to take effect July 1, 2025, applying to policies issued or renewed in Georgia on or after that date.
### Who it affects
Women in Georgia seeking mammogram coverage under insurance policies regulated by O.C.G.A. §§ 33-29-3.2 and 33-30-4.2, and the insurance companies that must apply the updated 'female at risk' definition when deciding coverage eligibility.
### Why it matters
More women with a broader range of family history of breast cancer, not just immediate relatives, would qualify as 'at risk' and become eligible for mandatory insurance-covered mammograms, potentially expanding access to early cancer screening for Georgians with a wider family history of the disease.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 revises the definition of 'female at risk' in O.C.G.A. § 33-29-3.2 to include women with one or more first or second degree relatives who had breast cancer.
- Section 2 makes the identical revision to the parallel definition in O.C.G.A. § 33-30-4.2.
- Section 3 sets the effective date as July 1, 2025, applying to policies issued, delivered, or renewed on or after that date.
- Section 4 repeals any conflicting laws.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2025-04-04)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2026-01-12)
- Sponsors: Inga Willis, Omari Crawford, Tanya Miller, Mekyah McQueen, Edna Jackson
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72076
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