1-1     By:  Nelson, et al.                                    S.B. No. 532
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 5, 2001; February 6, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human
 1-4     Services; April 9, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to medical assistance for certain persons in need of
 1-9     treatment for breast or cervical cancer.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Subsection (x) to read as follows:
1-13           (x)  The department shall provide medical assistance to a
1-14     person in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer who is
1-15     eligible for that assistance under the Breast and Cervical Cancer
1-16     Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (Pub. L. No. 106-354).
1-17           SECTION 2.  If before implementing any provision of this Act
1-18     a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
1-19     federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
1-20     the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
1-21     authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
1-22     waiver or authorization is granted.
1-23           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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