By Nelson                                              S.B. No. 532
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to medical assistance for certain persons in need of
 1-3     treatment for breast or cervical cancer.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
 1-6     by adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
 1-7           (x)  The department shall provide medical assistance to a
 1-8     person in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer who is
 1-9     eligible for that assistance under the Breast and Cervical Cancer
1-10     Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000.
1-11           SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a
1-12     state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-13     federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-14     the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-15     authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-16     waiver or authorization is granted.
1-17           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.