[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6135 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6135

  To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XIX of the Social 
   Security Act to provide for a screening and treatment program for 
   prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and 
                            cervical cancer.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 21, 2006

Mr. Marshall (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. 
 Owens, Mr. Towns, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Engel, Mrs. Lowey, Mr. McNulty, 
  Mr. Serrano, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
Nadler, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Fossella, 
  Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. Meeks of New York, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. 
 Weiner, Mr. Israel, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Higgins, and Mr. Kuhl 
 of New York) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XIX of the Social 
   Security Act to provide for a screening and treatment program for 
   prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and 
                            cervical 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 ``Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer 
Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2006''.

SEC. 2. PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Title XV of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 300k et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                     ``Subtitle 2--Prostate Cancer

``SEC. 1521. PROSTATE CANCER.

    ``(a) Grants to States for Programs to Screen for Prostate 
Cancer.--The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, may make grants to States to carry out 
programs with respect to prostate cancer. The provisions of sections 
1501 through 1508 (regarding breast and cervical cancer) shall apply to 
grants under this subsection to the same extent and in the same manner 
as such provisions apply to grants under section 1501.
    ``(b) Supplemental Grants for Additional Preventive Health 
Services.--In the case of States receiving grants under subsection (a), 
the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, may make grants to not more than 3 such States 
to carry out demonstration projects with respect to prostate cancer. 
The provisions of section 1509 (regarding breast and cervical cancer), 
other than section 1509(d), shall apply to grants under this subsection 
to the same extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply to 
grants under section 1509.''.
    (b) Technical Amendments.--Title XV of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300k et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in the heading of the title, by striking ``BREAST AND 
        CERVICAL CANCERS'' and inserting ``BREAST, CERVICAL, AND 
        PROSTATE CANCERS'';
            (2) by inserting before section 1501 the following:

              ``Subtitle 1--Breast and Cervical Cancers'';

            (3) in sections 1504(c)(3)(A) and 1509(c), by striking the 
        term ``This title'' each place such term appears and inserting 
        ``This subtitle'';
            (4) in sections 1504(c)(3)(A) and 1509(c), by striking the 
        term ``such title'' each place such term appears and inserting 
        ``such subtitle''; and
            (5) in sections 1506, 1508(b), and 1510(a), by striking the 
        term ``this title'' each place such term appears and inserting 
        ``this subtitle''.

SEC. 3. OPTIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CERTAIN PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS.

    (a) Coverage as Optional Categorically Needy Group and Limitation 
on Benefits.--Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII), by striking ``or 
        cervical'' and inserting ``, cervical, or prostate'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(10), in the clause (XIV) following 
        subparagraph (G), by striking ``or cervical'' and inserting ``, 
        cervical, or prostate''; and
            (3) in subsection (aa)(3)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)'';
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end and inserting 
                ``or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
            ``(B) at the option of the State, have been screened for 
        prostate cancer under the Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention prostate cancer early detection program established 
        under section 1521(a) of the Public Health Service Act and need 
        treatment for prostate cancer; and''.
    (b) Application of Presumptive Eligibility.--Section 1920B of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-1b) is amended--
            (1) in the heading by striking ``or cervical'' and 
        inserting ``, cervical, or prostate''; and
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``or cervical'' and 
        inserting ``, cervical, or prostate''.
    (c) Application of Enhanced Match.--For application of enhanced 
Federal matching rate, see section 1905(b)(4) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)(4)).
    (d) Application of Special Rules on Cost-Sharing.--Section 
1937(a)(2)(B)(x) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u-7(a)(2)(B)(x)), as added 
by section 6044(a) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 
109-171), is amended--
            (1) in the heading by inserting ``and men in the prostate 
        cancer program'' after ``breast or cervical cancer program''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``is a woman who''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to items and services furnished on or after October 1, 2006.
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