CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1058
57th
Legislature
2001 First
Special Legislative Session
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Passed by the House May 1, 2001
Yeas 92 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Passed by the Senate May 23,
2001
Yeas 42 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
We, Timothy A. Martin and
Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State
of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 1058 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate
on the dates hereon set forth.
Chief
Clerk
Chief
Clerk
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President of the Senate
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Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes
below.
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FILED
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Governor of the State of
Washington
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Secretary of
State
State of
Washington
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H-2612.1 _______________________________________________
SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1058
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Passed Legislature - 2001 First Special Session
State of Washington 57th Legislature 2001
Regular Session
By
Read first time . Referred to Committee on .
Providing assistance to
treat breast and cervical cancer.
AN ACT Relating to
medical assistance for breast and cervical cancer treatment for low-income women;
reenacting and amending RCW 74.09.510; providing an effective date; and
declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 74.09.510 and 1997 c
59 s 14 and 1997 c 58 s 201 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
Medical assistance may
be provided in accordance with eligibility requirements established by the
department, as defined in the social security Title XIX state plan for
mandatory categorically needy persons and: (1) Individuals who would be
eligible for cash assistance except for their institutional status; (2)
individuals who are under twenty-one years of age, who would be eligible for
medicaid, but do not qualify as dependent children and who are in (a) foster
care, (b) subsidized adoption, (c) a nursing facility or an intermediate care
facility for the mentally retarded, or (d) inpatient psychiatric facilities;
(3) the aged, blind, and disabled who: (a) Receive only a state supplement, or
(b) would not be eligible for cash assistance if they were not
institutionalized; (4) categorically eligible individuals who meet the income
and resource requirements of the cash assistance programs; (5) individuals who
are enrolled in managed health care systems, who have otherwise lost
eligibility for medical assistance, but who have not completed a current
six-month enrollment in a managed health care system, and who are eligible for
federal financial participation under Title XIX of the social security act; (6)
children and pregnant women allowed by federal statute for whom funding is
appropriated; (7) other individuals eligible for medical services under RCW
74.09.035 and 74.09.700 for whom federal financial participation is available
under Title XIX of the social security act; ((and)) (8) persons allowed
by section 1931 of the social security act for whom funding is appropriated;
and (9) women who are: (a) Under sixty-five years of age; (b) have been
screened for breast and cervical cancer under the national breast and cervical
cancer early detection program administered by the department of health or
tribal entity and have been identified as needing treatment for breast or
cervical cancer; and (c) are not otherwise covered by health insurance.
Medical assistance provided under this subsection is limited to the period
during which the woman requires treatment for breast or cervical cancer, and is
subject to any conditions or limitations specified in the omnibus appropriations
act.
NEW
SECTION. Sec. 2. This act is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support
of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect
July 1, 2001.