SSHB 107: "An Act relating to an optional group of persons eligible for medical assistance who require treatment for breast or cervical cancer; relating to cost sharing by those recipients under the medical assistance program; and providing for an effective date."
00 SPONSOR SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 107 01 "An Act relating to an optional group of persons eligible for medical assistance who 02 require treatment for breast or cervical cancer; relating to cost sharing by those 03 recipients under the medical assistance program; and providing for an effective date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 47.07.020(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 06 (15) persons who have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer 07 and who are eligible for coverage under 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII). 08 * Sec. 2. AS 47.07.042 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 09 (e) Except as provided in (c) of this section and notwithstanding (b) of this 10 section, the department may require premiums and other cost-sharing contributions 11 from recipients who are eligible for assistance under AS 47.07.020(b)(15) to the 12 maximum extent allowed by federal law. If the department requires premiums or 13 other cost-sharing contributions under this subsection, the department shall 14 (1) adopt in regulation a sliding scale for those premiums or
01 contributions based on household income; and 02 (2) implement a system by which the department or its designee 03 collects the premiums or other cost-sharing contributions. 04 * Sec. 3. Section 1, ch. 33, SLA 2001, is repealed. 05 * Sec. 4. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 06 read: 07 TRANSITION: CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR CURRENT RECIPIENTS. A 08 person who applied, and was determined eligible, for medical assistance under sec. 1, ch. 33, 09 SLA 2001, may continue to receive that medical assistance under AS 47.07.020(b)(15), 10 enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, without reapplying for an eligibility determination under 11 AS 47.07.020(b)(15), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, so long as the person remains eligible for 12 that assistance under AS 47.07.020(b)(15), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act. 13 * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 14 read: 15 TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. To the extent the regulations are not inconsistent 16 with this Act, regulations relating to the optional group of persons eligible for medical 17 assistance who require treatment for breast or cervical cancer adopted by the Department of 18 Health and Social Services and in effect before the effective date of this section remain in 19 effect as valid regulations implementing this Act. The Department of Health and Social 20 Services may administer and enforce those previously adopted regulations relating to this 21 optional group. 22 * Sec. 6. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 23 read: 24 TRANSITION. State plan provisions adopted under AS 47.07.042(a) - (c) and 25 approved by the federal government apply to persons who are eligible for assistance under 26 AS 47.07.020(b)(15), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, until conflicting state plan amendments 27 are adopted under AS 47.07.042(e), enacted by sec. 2 of this Act, and are approved by the 28 federal government. 29 * Sec. 7. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).