Sec. 17b-278b. Medical assistance for breast and cervical cancer.
Sec. 17b-278b. Medical assistance for breast and cervical cancer. (a) The Commissioner of Social Services shall provide coverage under the Medicaid program in
accordance with Public Law 106-354 to women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer.
The commissioner shall seek any federal waivers or amend the state Medicaid plan as
necessary in order to secure federal reimbursement for the costs of providing coverage
under the Medicaid program to such women. Such coverage shall not be dependent on
the available income or assets of an applicant.
(b) To qualify for medical assistance under this section, a woman shall: (1) Have
been screened for breast or cervical cancer under the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and found
to be in need of treatment for breast or cervical cancer, including a precancerous condition of the breast or cervix; (2) not otherwise have creditable coverage, as defined in 42
USC 300gg(c); (3) not have attained the age of sixty-five years; (4) not be eligible under
any mandatory Medicaid eligibility group; and (5) be a resident of this state and a United
States citizen or a qualified alien, as defined in Section 431 of Public Law 104-193.
(c) The commissioner shall deem an applicant who has been determined eligible
for medical assistance under this section as having been eligible for up to three months
prior to the month in which an application was filed if the requirements in subsection
(b) of this section were met during such three-month period. An individual determined
eligible for medical assistance under this section shall remain eligible until the individual's course of treatment is completed or until eligibility criteria set forth in subsection
(b) of this section are no longer met. The commissioner shall establish procedures for
the granting of presumptive eligibility in order to ensure prompt access to services for
applicants.
(d) The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement policies and procedures
necessary to carry out the provisions of this section while in the process of adopting
such policies and procedures in regulation form in accordance with chapter 54, provided
notice of intention to adopt the regulations is published in the Connecticut Law Journal
within twenty days of implementation of such policies and procedures. Such policies
and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective.
(P.A. 00-216, S. 5, 28; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2, S. 7, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 129, 131.)
History: P.A. 00-216 effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a),
replaced provisions therein authorizing commissioner to seek federal reimbursement for costs of providing treatment and
other medical services under Sec. 19a-266 to women diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer with provisions directing
commissioner to provide coverage under the Medicaid program to such women, and added new Subsecs. (b) to (d) re
medical assistance under section, effective July 2, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of June Sp. Sess.
P.A. 01-2 but without affecting this section.