BILL NUMBER: SB 443	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to amend Section 104150 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to cancer screening.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 443, as introduced, Strickland. Breast and cervical cancer
screening.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
provide breast cancer and cervical cancer screening services to
eligible low-income individuals under a federal grant made under the
federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breast and
cervical cancer early detection program.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 104150 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   104150.  (a) A provider or entity that participates in the grant
made to the department by the federal Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention breast and cervical cancer early detection program
established under Title XV of the Public Health Service Act (42
U.S.C. Sec. 300k et seq.) in accordance with requirements of Section
1504 of that act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300n) may only render screening
services under the grant to an individual if the provider or entity
determines that the individual's family income does not exceed 200
percent of the federal poverty level.
   (b) The department shall provide for breast cancer and cervical
cancer screening services under the grant at the level of funding
budgeted from state and other resources during the fiscal year in
which the Legislature has appropriated funds to the department for
this purpose. These screening services shall not be deemed to be an
entitlement.
   (c) To implement the federal breast and cervical cancer early
detection program specified in this section, the department may
contract, to the extent permitted by Section 19130 of the Government
Code, with public and private entities, or utilize existing health
care service provider enrollment and payment mechanisms, including
the Medi-Cal program's fiscal intermediary. However, the Medi-Cal
program's fiscal intermediary shall only be utilized if services
provided under the program are specifically identified and reimbursed
in a manner that does not claim federal financial reimbursement.
 Any contracts   Contracts  with, and the
utilization of, the Medi-Cal program's fiscal intermediary shall not
be subject to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12100) of Part 2 of
Division 2 of the Public Contract Code. Contracts to implement the
federal breast and cervical cancer early detection program entered
into by the department with entities other than the Medi-Cal program'
s fiscal intermediary shall not be subject to Part 2 (commencing with
Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.