1.This Act may be cited as
the Thomas J. Manton Prostate Cancer
Early Detection and Treatment Act of 2007
.
2.Prostate cancer
screening program
(a)Title XV of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
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1521.
(a)Grants to States
for programs To screen for prostate cancerThe 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 servicesIn 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.
(c)Authorization
of appropriationsThere is authorized to be appropriated, such
sums as may be necessary in each fiscal year to carry out this
section.
.
(b)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:
1Breast 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
.
3.Optional medicaid
coverage of certain prostate cancer patients
(a)Coverage as
optional categorically needy group and limitation on benefitsSection 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 eligibilitySection 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 matchFor 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-sharingSection 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)The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and
services furnished on or after October 1, 2006.