Alabama Senate approves bill requiring breast cancer screening coverage for women over 40

By: Anna Barrett

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: February 11, 2026

Words: 256

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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The Alabama Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would require all health benefit plans to cover breast cancer screenings for women over 40 years old.

SB 177, sponsored by Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison, D-Birmingham, requires all health benefit plans to align with all other Alabama health insurance plans and the federal Affordable Care Act coverage for mammograms and diagnostic imaging of abnormalities.

“Now Alabama can come into compliance with the rest of the states …

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