HBA-NRS H.B. 101 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 101
By: Maxey
Public Health
2/7/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000
allows states to choose to receive federal Medicaid matching funds to
provide medical care and treatment to low-income women under age 65 who
need treatment for breast or cervical cancer and were screened as part of
the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. House Bill
101 requires the state to provide medical assistance to a person in need of
treatment for breast or cervical cancer who is eligible for such assistance
under the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act
of 2000. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 101 amends the Human Resources Code to require the Health and
Human Services Commission or an agency operating part of the medical
assistance program, as appropriate, to provide medical assistance to a
person in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer who is eligible
for that assistance under the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention
and Treatment Act of 2000. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.