00                 SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 65(HES)                                                             
01 "An Act relating to a new optional group of persons eligible for medical assistance who                                 
02 require treatment for breast or cervical cancer; and providing for an effective date."                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                         
05 to read:                                                                                                                
06       ADDITIONAL PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.  (a)  In                                                      
07 addition to the other persons listed under AS 47.07.020(b), persons who have been diagnosed                             
08 with breast or cervical cancer and who are eligible for coverage under 42 U.S.C.                                        
09 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII) are eligible under AS 47.07.020(b) for medical assistance, subject                           
10 to other provisions of AS 47.07.020.                                                                                    
11       (b)  It is the intent of the legislature that not more than $175,800 of general fund                              
12 money be spent on services under (a) of this section for fiscal year 2002 and that not more                             
13 than $189,500 of general fund money be spent on services under (a) of this section for fiscal                           
14 year 2003.                                                                                                              
01    * Sec. 2.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
02 read:                                                                                                                   
03       REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.  The Department of Health and Social Services                                          
04 shall report to the legislature by the 30th day of the Second Regular Session of the Twenty-                            
05 Second Alaska State Legislature and by the 30th day of the First Regular Session of the                                 
06 Twenty-Third Alaska State Legislature on the following matters:                                                         
07            (1)  the environmental, behavioral, or genetic factors that have been associated                             
08 with the onset of the types of breast or cervical cancer diagnosed in the persons eligible for                          
09 services under sec. 1 of this Act in peer-reviewed clinical studies published in periodical                             
10 medical literature that have postulated an association between one or more of these factors                             
11 and an increase in the incidence of breast or cervical cancer;                                                          
12            (2)  recommendations, if any, about behavioral actions that may reduce the                                   
13 occurrence or likelihood of these types of breast or cervical cancers; and                                              
14            (3)  to the extent that the information is available to the department in the                                
15 billings submitted for assistance under sec. 1 of this Act, the cost per person paid for by the                         
16 state under sec. 1 of this Act during the fiscal year preceding the date of the report and the                          
17 total medical costs per person for the fiscal year preceding the date of the report, whether paid                       
18 for by the state or not; the information provided in the department's report under this                                 
19 paragraph shall be provided separately for each person who received assistance under sec. 1                             
20 of this Act, but the information shall be presented in a manner that does not allow                                     
21 identification of the person.                                                                                           
22    * Sec. 3.  This Act is repealed two years after the effective date of this Act.                                    
23    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).