[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 359 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 359

To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require State Medicaid 
programs to provide coverage of screening mammography and screening pap 
                                smears.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Towns introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require State Medicaid 
programs to provide coverage of screening mammography and screening pap 
                                smears.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Women's Basic Health 
Coverage Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING MEDICAID COVERAGE OF SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY AND 
              SCREENING PAP SMEARS.

  (a) Requirement.--Section 1905(a)(17) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(a)(17)) is amended--
          (1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(17)'', and
          (2) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the 
        following: ``, (B) screening mammography (as defined in section 
        1861(jj)) conducted consistent with the frequency specified 
        under section 1834(c)(2), and (C) screening pap smears (as 
        defined in section 1861(nn))''.
  (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply 
(except as provided under paragraph (2)) to payments under title XIX of 
the Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after 
April 1, 1998, without regard to whether or not final regulations to 
carry out such amendments have been promulgated by such date.
  (2) In the case of a State plan for medical assistance under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation 
authorizing or appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the 
additional requirement imposed by the amendments made by subsection 
(a), the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the 
requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet 
this additional requirement before the first day of the first calendar 
quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that 
has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be 
deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
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