00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 322                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to an optional group of persons eligible for medical assistance who                                    
02 require treatment for breast or cervical cancer."                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 47.07.020(b) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                        
05                 (15)  persons who have been diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer                                    
06       and who are eligible for coverage under 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII).                                     
07    * Sec. 2.  Section 1, ch. 33, SLA 2001 is repealed.                                                                
08    * Sec. 3.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
09 read:                                                                                                                   
10       TRANSITION:  CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY FOR CURRENT RECIPIENTS.  A                                                     
11 person who applied, and was determined eligible, for medical assistance under sec. 1, ch. 33,                           
12 SLA 2001 may continue to receive that medical assistance under AS 47.07.020(b)(15),                                     
13 enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, without reapplying for an eligibility determination under                                
14 AS 47.07.020(b)(15), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, so long as the person remains eligible for                          

01 that assistance under AS 47.07.020(b)(15), enacted by sec. 1 of this Act.                                               
02    * Sec. 4.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                         
03 read:                                                                                                                   
04       TRANSITION:  REGULATIONS.  To the extent the regulations are not inconsistent                                     
05 with this Act, regulations relating to the optional group of persons eligible for medical                               
06 assistance who require treatment for breast or cervical cancer adopted by the Department of                             
07 Health and Social Services and in effect before the effective date of this Act remain in effect                         
08 as valid regulations implementing this Act.  The Department of Health and Social Services                               
09 may administer and enforce those previously adopted regulations relating to this optional                               
10 group.