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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1383
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify that Indian women
with breast or cervical cancer who are eligible for health services provided
under a medical care program of the Indian Health Service or of a
tribal organization are included in the optional Medicaid eligibility cat-
egory of breast or cervical cancer patients added by the Breast and
Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 3, 2001
Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for himself, Mr. HAYWORTH, Mr. KILDEE, Mr.
WATTS of Oklahoma, Mr. CAMP, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Ms.
DELAURO, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to clarify
that Indian women with breast or cervical cancer who
are eligible for health services provided under a medical
care program of the Indian Health Service or of a tribal
organization are included in the optional Medicaid eligi-
bility category of breast or cervical cancer patients added
by the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treat-
ment Act of 2000.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Native American
Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amend-
ment Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF INCLUSION OF INDIAN WOMEN
WITH BREAST OR CERVICAL CANCER IN OP-
TIONAL MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY CATEGORY.
(a) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The subsection (aa)
of section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a) added by section 2(a)(2) of the Breast and Cer-
vical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 (Pub-
lic Law 106–354; 114 Stat. 1381) is amended in para-
graph (4) by inserting ‘‘, but applied without regard to
paragraph (1)(F) of such section’’ before the period at the
end.
(b) BIPA TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a), as amended by section 702(b) of the
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improve-
ment and Protection Act of 2000 (as enacted into
law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554), is
amended by redesignating the subsection (aa) added
by such section as subsection (bb).
(2) Section 1902(a)(15) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(15)), as added by section
702(a)(2) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000
(as so enacted into law), is amended by striking
‘‘subsection (aa)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (bb)’’.
(3) Section 1915(b) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396n(b)), as amended by section
702(c)(2) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000
(as so enacted into law), is amended by striking
‘‘1902(aa)’’ and inserting ‘‘1902(bb)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) BCCPTA
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENT.—The
amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of the Breast and
Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of
2000 (Public Law 106–354; 114 Stat. 1381).
(2) 
BIPA
TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.—The
amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of section 702 of the
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improve-
ment and Protection Act of 2000 (as enacted into
law by section 1(a)(6) of Public Law 106–554).
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