[107th Congress Public Law 121]
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Public Law 107-121
107th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that Indian 
    women with breast or cervical cancer who are eligible for health 
  services provided under a medical care program of the Indian Health 
    Service or of a tribal organization are included in the optional 
  medicaid eligibility category of breast or cervical cancer patients 
added by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 
               2000. <<NOTE: Jan. 15, 2002 -  [S. 1741]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Native American 
Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act of 2001.>> 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. <<NOTE: 42 USC 1305 note.>> 

    This Act may be cited as the ``Native American Breast and Cervical 
Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act of 2001''.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF INCLUSION OF INDIAN WOMEN WITH BREAST OR 
                    CERVICAL CANCER IN OPTIONAL MEDICAID 
                    ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY.

    (a) Technical Amendment.--The subsection (aa) of section 1902 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) added by section 2(a)(2) of the 
Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (Public 
Law 106-354; 114 Stat. 1381) is amended in paragraph (4) by inserting 
``, but applied without regard to paragraph (1)(F) of such section'' 
before the period at the end.
    (b) BIPA Technical Amendments.--
            (1) Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396a), as amended by section 702(b) of the Medicare, Medicaid, 
        and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (114 
        Stat. 2763A-572) (as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of 
        Public Law 106-554), is amended by redesignating the subsection 
        (aa) added by such section as subsection (bb).
            (2) Section 1902(a)(15) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1396a(a)(15)), as added by section 702(a)(2) of the 
        Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and 
        Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A-572) (as so enacted into 
        law), is amended by striking ``subsection (aa)'' and inserting 
        ``subsection (bb)''.
            (3) Section 1915(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1396n(b)), as amended by section 702(c)(2) of the Medicare, 
        Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 
        2000 (114 Stat. 2763A-574) (as so enacted into law), is amended 
        by striking ``1902(aa)'' and inserting ``1902(bb)''.

    (c) Effective Dates.-- <<NOTE: 42 USC 1396a note.>> 
            (1) Bccpta technical amendment.--The amendment made by 
        subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the

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        enactment of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and 
        Treatment Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-354; 114 Stat. 1381).
            (2) Bipa technical amendments.--The amendments made by 
        subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment 
        of section 702 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits 
        Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A-572) (as 
        enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106-554).

    Approved January 15, 2002.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 1741:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001):
            Nov. 28, considered and passed Senate.
            Dec. 19, considered and passed House.

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