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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1275 

To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XIX of the Social Security 

Act to provide for a screening and treatment program for prostate 

cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2007 

Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mrs. CLINTON) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend the Public Health Service Act and title XIX 

of the Social Security Act to provide for a screening 

and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same 

manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Thomas J. Manton 

5 Prostate Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Act of 

6 2007’’. 

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1 SEC. 2. PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING PROGRAM. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XV of the Public Health 

3 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k et seq.) is amended by adding 

4 at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘Subtitle 2—Prostate Cancer 

6 ‘‘SEC. 1521. PROSTATE CANCER. 

7 ‘‘(a) GRANTS TO STATES FOR PROGRAMS TO SCREEN

8 FOR PROSTATE CANCER.—The Secretary, acting through 

9 the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre10 vention, may make grants to States to carry out programs 

11 with respect to prostate cancer. The provisions of sections 

12 1501 through 1508 (regarding breast and cervical cancer) 

13 shall apply to grants under this subsection to the same 

14 extent and in the same manner as such provisions apply 

15 to grants under section 1501. 

16 ‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS FOR ADDITIONAL

17 PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES.—In the case of States 

18 receiving grants under subsection (a), the Secretary, act19 ing through the Director of the Centers for Disease Con20 trol and Prevention, may make grants to not more than 

21 3 such States to carry out demonstration projects with 

22 respect to prostate cancer. The provisions of section 1509 

23 (regarding breast and cervical cancer), other than section 

24 1509(d), shall apply to grants under this subsection to the 

25 same extent and in the same manner as such provisions 

26 apply to grants under section 1509. 

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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 is authorized to be appropriated, such sums as may be 

3 necessary in each fiscal year to carry out this section.’’. 

4 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Title XV of the 

5 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300k et seq.) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in the heading of the title, by striking 

8 ‘‘BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCERS’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘BREAST, CERVICAL, AND 

10 PROSTATE CANCERS’’; 

11 (2) by inserting before section 1501 the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘Subtitle 1—Breast and Cervical 

14 Cancers’’; 

15 (3) in sections 1504(c)(3)(A) and 1509(c), by 

16 striking the term ‘‘This title’’ each place such term 

17 appears and inserting ‘‘This subtitle’’; 

18 (4) in sections 1504(c)(3)(A) and 1509(c), by 

19 striking the term ‘‘such title’’ each place such term 

20 appears and inserting ‘‘such subtitle’’; and 

21 (5) in sections 1506, 1508(b), and 1510(a), by 

22 striking the term ‘‘this title’’ each place such term 

23 appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’. 

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1 SEC. 3. OPTIONAL MEDICAID COVERAGE OF CERTAIN 

2 PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS. 

3 (a) COVERAGE AS OPTIONAL CATEGORICALLY

4 NEEDY GROUP AND LIMITATION ON BENEFITS.—Section 

5 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII), by 

8 striking ‘‘or cervical’’ and inserting ‘‘, cervical, or 

9 prostate’’; 

10 (2) in subsection (a)(10), in the clause (XIV) 

11 following subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘or cer12 vical’’ and inserting ‘‘, cervical, or prostate’’; and 

13 (3) in subsection (aa)(3)— 

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; 

15 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end and in16 serting ‘‘or’’; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

18 subparagraph: 

19 ‘‘(B) at the option of the State, have been 

20 screened for prostate cancer under the Centers for 

21 Disease Control and Prevention prostate cancer 

22 early detection program established under section 

23 1521(a) of the Public Health Service Act and need 

24 treatment for prostate cancer; and’’. 

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1 (b) APPLICATION OF PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY.— 

2 Section 1920B of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–1b) is 

3 amended— 

4 (1) in the heading by striking ‘‘OR CERVICAL’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘, CERVICAL, OR PROSTATE’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or cervical’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘, cervical, or prostate’’. 

8 (c) APPLICATION OF ENHANCED MATCH.—For appli9 cation of enhanced Federal matching rate, see section 

10 1905(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 1396d(b)(4)). 

12 (d) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULES ON COST13 SHARING.—Section 1937(a)(2)(B)(x) of such Act (42 

14 U.S.C. 1396u–7(a)(2)(B)(x)), as added by section 6044(a) 

15 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109– 

16 171), is amended— 

17 (1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘AND MEN IN

18 THE PROSTATE CANCER PROGRAM’’ after ‘‘BREAST

19 OR CERVICAL CANCER PROGRAM’’; and 

20 (2) by striking ‘‘is a woman who’’. 

21 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

22 this section shall apply to items and services furnished on 

23 or after October 1, 2006. 

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