5111.0110 Breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment. - Ohio Statutes

5111.0110 Breast and cervical cancer prevention and treatment.

(A) The director of job and family services shall submit to the United States secretary of health and human services an amendment to the state medicaid plan to implement the “Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000,” 114 Stat. 1381, 42 U.S.C.A. 1396a, as amended, to provide medical assistance to women who meet all of the following requirements:

(1) Are under age sixty-five;

(2) Are not otherwise eligible for medicaid;

(3) Have been screened for breast and cervical cancer under the centers for disease control and prevention breast and cervical cancer early detection program established under 42 U.S.C.A. 300k in accordance with 42 U.S.C.A. 300n ;

(4) Need treatment for breast or cervical cancer;

(5) Are not otherwise covered under creditable coverage, as defined in 42 U.S.C.A. 300gg(c).

(B) If the United States secretary of health and human services approves the state medicaid plan amendment submitted under division (A) of this section, the director of job and family services shall implement the amendment. The medical assistance provided under the amendment shall be limited to medical assistance provided during the period in which a woman who meets the requirements of division (A) of this section requires treatment for breast or cervical cancer.

Effective Date: 09-05-2001