By: Nelson S.B. No. 1696

(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2007; March 21, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; April 16, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 16, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1696 By: Nelson

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility for medical assistance for treatment of breast or cervical cancer.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 32.024, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (y-1) to read as follows:

(y-1) A woman who receives a breast or cervical cancer screening service under Title XV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300k et seq.) and who otherwise meets the eligibility requirements for medical assistance for treatment of breast or cervical cancer as provided by Subsection (y) is eligible for medical assistance under that subsection, regardless of whether federal Medicaid matching funds are available for that medical assistance. A screening service of a type that is within the scope of screening services under that title is considered to be provided under that title regardless of whether the service was provided by a provider who receives or uses funds under that title.

SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision, the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the waiver or authorization is granted.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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