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An Act To Fund the Screening and Early Detection Elements of the Statewide Cancer Plan
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  PL 2007, c. 341, §2  is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
Sec. 2.  Maine cancer plan implementation.  The Department of Health and Human Services shall, contingent upon availability of funding, establish a comprehensive cancer screening, detection and prevention program pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 1407, subsection 1, paragraph E based on the implementation strategy developed by the Maine Cancer Consortium for "The Maine Comprehensive Cancer Control Plan 2011-2015."
Sec. 2. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF (FORMERLY DHS)
 
Comprehensive Cancer Screening, Detection and Prevention Z054
 
Initiative: Provides funds for comprehensive cancer screening.

FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE	2011-12	2012-13	
All Other	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	
			
FUND FOR A HEALTHY MAINE TOTAL	$2,000,000	$2,000,000	

SUMMARY
This bill provides funding for the comprehensive cancer screening and detection elements of the statewide cancer prevention and control program by providing an ongoing appropriation from the Fund for a Healthy Maine.