| | 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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