CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SECOND SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1058

Chapter 4, Laws of 2001

57th Legislature

2001 First Special Legislative Session

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE--BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/1/01

Passed by the House May 1, 2001

Yeas 92 Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate May 23, 2001

Yeas 42 Nays 0

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.

CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

Chief Clerk

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Approved June 11, 2001

FILED

June 11, 2001 - 3:03 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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 House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Ruderman, Campbell, Cody, Skinner, Linville, Barlean, Lovick, Doumit, Ballasiotes, Lambert, Cox, Gombosky, Schual‑Berke, Darneille, Van Luven, Ogden, Conway, Keiser, O'Brien, Edmonds, Anderson, Edwards, McDermott, Haigh, Kenney, Kirby, Kagi, Hunt, Esser, McIntire and Jackley)

Read first time . Referred to Committee on .

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.