(A) As used in this section:

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(1) “Screening mammography” means a radiologic examination utilized to detect unsuspected breast cancer at an early stage in asymptomatic women and includes the x-ray examination of the breast using equipment that is dedicated specifically for mammography, including the x-ray tube, filter, compression device, screens, film, and cassettes, and that has an average radiation exposure delivery of less than one rad mid-breast. “Screening mammography” includes digital breast tomosynthesis. “Screening mammography” includes two views for each breast. The term also includes the professional interpretation of the film.

“Screening mammography” does not include diagnostic mammography.

(2) “Supplemental breast cancer screening” means any additional screening method deemed medically necessary by a treating health care provider for proper breast cancer screening in accordance with applicable American college of radiology guidelines, including magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, or molecular breast imaging.

(B) The medicaid program shall cover all of the following:

(1) To detect the presence of breast cancer in adult women, screening mammography;

(2) To detect the presence of breast cancer in adult women meeting any of the conditions described in division (C)(2) of this section, supplemental breast cancer screening;

(3) To detect the presence of cervical cancer, cytologic screening.

(C)(1) The medicaid program’s coverage pursuant to division (B)(1) of this section shall cover expenses for one screening mammography every year, including digital breast tomosynthesis.

(2) The medicaid program’s coverage pursuant to division (B)(2) of this section shall cover expenses for supplemental breast cancer screening for an adult woman who meets any of the following conditions:

(a) The woman’s screening mammography demonstrates, based on the breast imaging reporting and data system established by the American college of radiology, that the woman has dense breast tissue;

(b) The woman is at an increased risk of breast cancer due to family history, prior personal history of breast cancer, ancestry, genetic predisposition, or other reasons as determined by the woman’s health care provider.

(D) The medicaid program’s coverage of screening mammographies pursuant to division (B)(1) or (2) of this section shall be provided only for screening mammographies or supplemental breast cancer screenings that are performed in a facility or mobile mammography screening unit that is accredited under the American college of radiology mammography accreditation program or in a hospital as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code.

(E) The medicaid program’s coverage of cytologic screenings pursuant to division (B)(3) of this section shall be provided only for cytologic screenings that are processed and interpreted in a laboratory certified by the college of American pathologists or in a hospital as defined in section 3727.01 of the Revised Code.