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THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014 |
S.D. 2 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO CANCER.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that after Congress passed the Breast and Cervical Cancer Mortality Prevention Act of 1990, which led to the creation of cancer screening programs in all fifty states, the Hawaii breast and cervical cancer control program was established in 1993 through a cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 1997, more than 7,600 women have been screened by the Hawaii breast and cervical cancer control program. Following the enactment of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000, P.L. 106-354, which allowed states to provide coverage for treatment costs of eligible women diagnosed through breast and cervical cancer screening programs through their respective state medicaid programs, the legislature established the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program, which is managed by the department of health.
Over the past few years, the program has screened approximately 1,275 women each year. Despite the loss of one of its providers, Hawaii Medical Center, the program anticipates that it will continue screening between one thousand one hundred to one thousand two hundred women annually.
The legislature further finds that, according to the department of human services med-QUEST division, from July 2010 to June 2011, the State paid a total of $80,487.47 for eight women under the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program, which averages $10,060.93 per person. The amount of expenditures varies from quarter to quarter and year to year, depending upon the number and severity of each medical case. However, based upon the available data from the department of human services and the number of women the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program has screened annually, it is estimated that $100,000 is needed for comprehensive treatment by the program for fiscal year 2014-2015.
The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program to continue its valuable services of screening, educating, providing treatment as necessary, and conducting outreach on breast and cervical cancer.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014-2015 for the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Comprehensive Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates an unspecified sum to the department of health for the comprehensive breast and cervical cancer control program. Effective 07/01/2050. (SD2)
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