[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5068 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5068

  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the current 
  provision of medical assistance to certain uninsured women who have 
been screened and found to have breast or cervical cancer to also cover 
                      ovarian and uterine cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2002

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to expand the current 
  provision of medical assistance to certain uninsured women who have 
been screened and found to have breast or cervical cancer to also cover 
                      ovarian and uterine cancer.

    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 ``Ovarian and Uterine Cancer 
Prevention and Treatment Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. OPTIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CERTAIN OVARIAN AND UTERINE 
              CANCER PATIENTS.

    (a) Coverage.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII), by striking 
        ``breast or cervical'' and inserting ``breast, cervical, 
        ovarian, or uterine'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(10), in the clause (XIV) following 
        subparagraph (G), by striking ``breast and cervical'' and 
        inserting ``breast, cervical, ovarian, and uterine''; and
            (3) in subsection (aa)(3), by inserting before the 
        semicolon at the end the following: ``or have been screened for 
        ovarian and uterine cancer under an appropriate program of the 
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to screen women for 
        ovarian and uterine cancer as a preventive health measure and 
        need treatment for ovarian or uterine cancer''.
    (b) Presumptive Eligibility.--Section 1920B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396r-1b) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``breast or cervical'' and 
        inserting ``breast, cervical, ovarian, or uterine''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``breast or cervical'' 
        and inserting ``breast, cervical, ovarian, or uterine''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section apply to 
medical assistance for items and services furnished on or after October 
1, 2002, without regard to whether final regulations to carry out such 
amendments made been promulgated by such date.
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