| | | Sec. 1. Rulemaking. Resolved: That, by November 1, 2003, the | | Department of Human Services shall adopt rules for the | | MaineCare program to improve access to breast and cervical | | cancer treatment. Rules adopted pursuant to this provision | | are routine technical rules as defined in the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. The rules | | must accomplish the following. |
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| | | 1. Eligibility must be granted to persons who are screened | | in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection | | Program funded under Title XV of the Public Health Service Act | | and those who are screened through breast and cervical cancer | | screening programs at federally qualified health centers and | | federally qualified look-alikes. |
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| | | 2. A broad presumptive eligibility procedure must be | | adopted to facilitate prompt enrollment and immediate access | | to services and treatment through presumptive eligibility for | | the person in whom cancer is detected and naming federally | | qualified health centers and federally qualified look-alikes | | as presumptive eligibility sites. |
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| | | This resolve directs the Department of Human Services to | | adopt rules, which are designated as routine technical rules, | | for the MaineCare program to improve access to breast and | | cervical cancer treatment. The rules must broaden eligibility | | for treatment under the MaineCare program through accepting | | screening at health centers and presumptive eligibility of the | | person and the health centers. |
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