HF 174 (LSB 1517YH (2) 85)

HOUSE FILE 174

BY  RUNNING-MARQUARDT

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to breast cancer screening and treatment under the Medicaid program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 249A.3, subsection 2, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), subparagraph subdivision (iii), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   (iii)  Have been screened for breast and cervical cancer under the United States centers for disease control and prevention breast and cervical cancer early detection program established under 42 U.S.C. § 300k et seq., in accordance with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. § 300n, and need treatment for breast or cervical cancer. A woman is considered screened for breast and cervical cancer under this subparagraph subdivision if the woman is screened by any provider or entity, and the state grantee of the United States centers for disease control and prevention funds under Tit. XV of the federal Public Health Services Act has elected to include screening activities by that provider or entity as screening activities pursuant to Tit. XV of the federal Public Health Services Act. This screening includes but is not limited to breast or cervical cancer screenings or related diagnostic services provided by family planning or community health centers and breast cancer screenings funded by the Susan G. Komen foundation
 
nonprofit organizations which are provided to women who meet the eligibility requirements established by the state grantee of the United States centers for disease control and prevention funds under Tit. XV of the federal Public Health Services Act.
    Sec. 2.  MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.  The department of human services shall submit a medical assistance state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services to provide for applicability of the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-354, to both men and women.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 and its application to Medicaid. The bill amends the reference in the Medicaid eligibility provisions to the providers of breast cancer screenings to provide that any nonprofit organization, not only specifically the Susan G. Komen foundation, which funds screenings provided to women who meet the federal requirements may provide the screening for the program. The bill also directs the department of human services to submit a medical assistance state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services to provide for applicability of the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 to both men and women. Currently, the Act’s provisions are applicable only to women.