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Under Pennsylvania's mandated benefits framework, which statutory provision requires health policies to cover routine pap smear screening?
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Why D is correct
Pennsylvania addresses women's preventive screening within the 1574 family: routine pap smears are mandated under 40 P.S. § 1574(2), while annual gynecological examinations are addressed at 40 P.S. § 1574(1). The two subsections sit side by side but cover different services, which is the detail the exam tests. Pairing the service with the correct subsection of the Pennsylvania statute is required.
Why the other options are wrong
- A) 40 P.S. § 1574(1) covers annual gynecological examinations; the pap smear mandate is its companion subsection.
- B) 40 P.S. § 764b is the cancer therapy mandate, not the pap smear screening provision.
- C) 40 P.S. § 775.1 addresses coverage of adopted children, unrelated to preventive screening.
Memory hook
1574 splits the work: (1) exams, (2) pap smears.