1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; expanding treatment for breast and cervical cancer coverage 
1.3 	under medical assistance; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2004, section 256B.057, subdivision 10.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 256B.057, subdivision 10, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 10.Certain persons needing treatment for breast or cervical cancer. (a) 
1.9 	Medical assistance may be paid for a person who:
1.10 	(1) has been screened for breast or cervical cancer by the Minnesota breast and 
1.11 	cervical cancer control program, and program funds have been used to pay for the 
1.12 	person's screening;
1.13 	(2) according to the person's treating health professional, needs treatment, including 
1.14 	diagnostic services necessary to determine the extent and proper course of treatment, for 
1.15 	breast or cervical cancer, including precancerous conditions and early stage cancer;
1.16 	(3) (2) meets the income eligibility guidelines for the Minnesota breast and cervical 
1.17 	cancer control program;
1.18 	(4) (3) is under age 65;
1.19 	(5) (4) is not otherwise eligible for medical assistance under United States Code, 
1.20 	title 42, section 1396(a)(10)(A)(i); and
1.21 	(6) (5) is not otherwise covered under creditable coverage, as defined under United 
1.22 	States Code, title 42, section 1396a(aa).
2.1 	(b) Medical assistance provided for an eligible person under this subdivision shall 
2.2 	be limited to services provided during the period that the person receives treatment for 
2.3 	breast or cervical cancer.
2.4 	(c) A person meeting the criteria in paragraph (a) is eligible for medical assistance 
2.5 	without meeting the eligibility criteria relating to income and assets in section  256B.056, 
2.6 	subdivisions 1a to 5b. 

2.7 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.8 	$....... is appropriated in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, from the general 
2.9 	fund to the commissioner of health to provide coverage for screening and follow-up 
2.10 	services for cervical cancer, including expanding coverage for colposcopies and pap tests 
2.11 	for women under the age of 40.