SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 1615

94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES BOWMAN (Sponsor), OXFORD, JOHNSON, BLAND, HAYWOOD, RUCKER, BROWN (50) AND DARROUGH (Co-sponsors).

                  Read 1st time January 10, 2008 and copies ordered printed.

D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

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AN ACT

To amend chapter 191, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the prostate cancer pilot program.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 191, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 191.950, to read as follows:

            191.950. 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean:

            (1) "Department", the department of health and senior services;

            (2) "Program", the prostate cancer pilot program established in this section;

            (3) "Uninsured men", men for whom services provided by the program are not covered by private insurance, any state medical assistance program, or Medicare.

            2. There is hereby established within the department of health and senior services the "Prostate Cancer Pilot Program" to fund prostate cancer screening and treatment services and to provide education to men residing in this state.

            3. The program shall be open to:

            (1) Uninsured men or economically challenged men who are at least fifty years old and who do not have health insurance; and

            (2) On the advice of a physician or at the request of the individual, uninsured men or economically challenged men who are at least thirty-five years of age but less than fifty years of age and who are at high risk for prostate cancer.

            4. The program shall provide:

            (1) Prostate cancer screening;

            (2) Referral services, including services necessary for diagnosis;

            (3) Treatment services for individuals who are diagnosed with prostate cancer after being screened; and

            (4) Outreach and education activities to ensure awareness and utilization of program services by uninsured men and economically challenged men.

            5. The program shall be subject to appropriation by the general assembly. Upon appropriation, the department shall distribute grants to administer the program to:

            (1) Local health departments; and

            (2) Federally qualified health centers.

            6. On or before September 1, 2010, the department shall report to the governor and general assembly:

            (1) The number of individuals screened and treated under the program, including racial and ethnic data on the individuals who were screened and treated; and

            (2) To the extent possible, any cost savings achieved by the program as a result of early detection of prostate cancer.

            7. Pursuant to section 23.253, RSMo, of the Missouri Sunset Act:

            (1) The provisions of the new program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset three years after the effective date of this section unless reauthorized by an act of the general assembly; and

            (2) If such program is reauthorized, the program authorized under this section shall automatically sunset six years after the effective date of the reauthorization of this section; and

            (3) This section shall terminate on September first of the calendar year immediately following the calendar year in which the program authorized under this section is sunset.

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