Bill Text: OR SB433 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to treatment of cancer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Effective date, January 1, 2012. [SB433 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-SB433-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 982

                         Senate Bill 433

Sponsored by Senator ROSENBAUM, Representative TOMEI; Senators
  BATES, BONAMICI, DEVLIN, DINGFELDER, EDWARDS, JOHNSON, MONNES
  ANDERSON, VERGER, Representatives BAILEY, BARKER, BARNHART,
  BOONE, DEMBROW, DOHERTY, FREDERICK, GARRETT, GELSER, GREENLICK,
  HOLVEY, KOMP, MATTHEWS, J SMITH (Presession filed.)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Expands eligibility for medical assistance for low-income and
uninsured women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to treatment of cancer; amending ORS 414.534.
  Whereas the incidence of breast cancer in Oregon is among the
top five in the nation; and
  Whereas 2,910 women were diagnosed with breast cancer and 130
women were diagnosed with cervical cancer in Oregon in 2010; and
  Whereas low-income and uninsured women may not have access to
screening through the Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
and therefore wait until they show active signs of cancer to seek
medical treatment; and
  Whereas women who are not screened through the Oregon Breast
and Cervical Cancer Program are not eligible for federally
supported treatment; and
  Whereas under the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention
and Treatment Act of 2000, eligible low-income and uninsured
women can enroll in and receive treatment for breast or cervical
cancer in Oregon; and
  Whereas the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment
Act of 2000 allows the Oregon Health Authority to receive federal
funds to support the majority of the medical costs needed to
support low-income and uninsured women in Oregon to receive
breast or cervical cancer treatment services; and
  Whereas the cost of treatment for a woman diagnosed with breast
or cervical cancer may be absorbed by a provider in the form of
'charity care'; and
  Whereas additional charity care drives up the cost of health
care for other Oregonians; now, therefore,
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 414.534 is amended to read:
  414.534. (1) The Oregon Health Authority shall provide medical
assistance to a woman who:
    { - (a) Is screened for breast or cervical cancer through the
Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program operated by the
authority; - }
    { - (b) - }  { +  (a) + }   { - As a result of a screening in
accordance with paragraph (a) of this subsection, - }  Is found
by a provider to be in need of treatment for breast or cervical
cancer;
   { +  (b) Meets the eligibility criteria for the Oregon Breast
and Cervical Cancer Program prescribed by rule by the
authority; + }
  (c) Does not otherwise have creditable coverage, as defined in
42 U.S.C. 300gg(c); and
  (d) Is 64 years of age or younger.
  (2) The period of time a woman can receive medical assistance
based on the eligibility criteria of subsection (1) of this
section:
  (a) Begins:
  (A) On the date the Department of Human Services  { + or the
Oregon Health Authority + } makes a formal determination that the
woman is eligible for medical assistance in accordance with
subsection (1) of this section; or
  (B) Up to three months prior to the month in which the woman
applied for medical assistance if on the earlier date the woman
met the eligibility criteria of subsection (1) of this section.
  (b) Ends when:
  (A) The woman is no longer in need of treatment; or
  (B) The department determines the woman no longer meets the
eligibility criteria of subsection (1) of this section.
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