Native American Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Technical Amendment Act of 2001
PL 107-121 (S.1741), enacted 01/15/2002

115 STAT. 2384 
PUBLIC LAW 107-121^JAN. 15, 2002 
Public Law 107-121 
107th Congress 
An Act 
Jan. 15, 2002 
[S. 1741] 
Native American 
Breast and 
Cervical Cancer 
Treatment 
Technical 
Amendment Act 
of 2001. 
42 u s e 1305 
note. 
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 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 Representatives 
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 Amendment Act of 2001". 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF INCLUSION OF INDIAN WOMEN WITH 
BREAST OR CERVICAL CANCER IN OPTIONAL 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 Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment 
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-354; 114 Stat. 1381) is amended 
in paragraph (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 Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 
(114 Stat. 2763A-572) (as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) 
of Public Law 106-554), is amended by redesignating the sub-
section (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 (114 Stat. 2763A-572) (as so enacted into law), 
is amended by striking "subsection (aa)" and inserting "sub-
section (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 (114 Stat. 2763A-574) (as so enacted into law), 
is amended by striking "1902(aa)" and inserting "1902(bb)". 
42 u s e 1396a 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
note. 
(1) BCCPTA TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The amendment 
made by subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the 
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enactment of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and 
Treatment Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-354; 114 Stat. 1381). 
(2) BlPA TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The amendments made 
by subsection (b) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 702 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP 
Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
2763A-572) (as enacted into law by section 1(a)(6) of Public 
Law 106-554). 
Approved January 15, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1741: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 147 (2001): 
Nov. 28, considered and passed Senate. 
Dec. 19, considered and passed House.