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Delaware Code Title 18. Insurance Code § 3346A. Prostate cancer screening

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) For purposes of this section, “prostate screening” means a medically-necessary and clinically-appropriate method for the detection and diagnosis of prostate cancer, including a digital rectal exam and prostate specific antigen test, and associated laboratory work.

(b) All individual health insurance policies, contracts, or certificates that are delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, extended, or modified in this State after December 31, 2025, shall provide coverage for prostate screenings at no cost to a covered individual, including deductible payments and cost-sharing amounts charged once a deductible is met.  In accordance with the American Cancer Society guidelines, coverage shall begin at:

(1) Age 50 for men at average risk of developing prostate cancer.

(2) Age 45 for men at high risk for developing prostate cancer, including African American men and men who have a first-degree relative diagnosed with prostate cancer.

(3) Age 40 for men at even higher risk for prostate cancer, including men who have more than 1 first-degree relative diagnosed with prostate cancer.

(c) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this section prevents the operation of a policy provision required by this section as a deductible, coinsurance, allowable charge limitation, coordination of benefits, or a provision restricting coverage to services by a licensed, certified, or carrier-approved provider or facility.

(d)(1) This section does not apply to accident-only, specified disease, hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, long-term care, disability income, or other limited benefit health insurance policies.

(2) The cost-sharing limitation under subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a catastrophic health plan to the extent this cost-sharing limitation would cause the plan to fail to be treated as a catastrophic plan under § 1302(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 42 U.S.C. § 18022(e).

(3) a. The cost-sharing limitation under subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a high deductible health plan to the extent this cost-sharing limitation would cause the plan to fail to be treated as a high deductible health plan under § 223(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.

b. If the cost-sharing limitation under subsection (b) of this section would result in an enrollee becoming ineligible for a health savings account under federal law, this cost-sharing limitation only applies to a qualified high deductible health plan after the enrollee's deductible has been met.

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