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This bill requires various types of health insurance providers in New Jersey, including hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, health service corporations, individual and group health insurance policies, health benefits plans, health maintenance organizations, and state employee health plans, to provide coverage for scalp cooling systems used during cancer chemotherapy treatment. A scalp cooling system is defined as a device designed to cool the human scalp to prevent or reduce hair loss during chemotherapy, intended for repeated medical use. The bill mandates that these insurance coverage requirements apply to new and renewed contracts where the insurer has reserved the right to change premiums. Additionally, the bill requires physicians administering chemotherapy to inform patients about scalp cooling therapy as an option for preventing or reducing hair loss before treatment begins and to document this discussion in the patient's medical records. The provisions of the bill will take effect 180 days after enactment, applying to insurance contracts delivered, issued, executed, or renewed on or after that date.

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