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214.554 Breast Cancer Screening Program -- Breast Cancer Advisory
Committee -- Annual report.
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There is established within the department a Breast Cancer Screening
Program for the purposes of:
(a) Reducing morbidity and mortality from breast cancer in women through
early detection and treatment; and
(b) Making breast cancer screening services of high quality and reasonable
cost available to women of all income levels throughout the
Commonwealth and to women whose economic circumstances or
geographic location limits access to breast cancer screening facilities.
Services provided under the Breast Cancer Screening Program may be
undertaken by private contract for services or operated by the department and
may include the purchase, maintenance, and staffing of a truck, a van, or any
other vehicle suitably equipped to perform breast cancer screening. The
program may also provide referral services for the benefit of women for whom
further examination or treatment is indicated by the breast cancer screening.
The department may adopt a schedule of income-based fees to be charged for
the breast cancer screening. The schedule shall be determined to make
screening available to the largest possible number of women throughout the
Commonwealth. The department shall, where practical, collect any available
insurance proceeds or other reimbursement payable on behalf of any recipient
of a breast cancer screening under KRS 214.552 to 214.556 and may adjust
the schedule of fees to reflect insurance contributions. All fees collected shall
be credited to the fund.
The department may accept any grant or award of funds from the federal
government or private sources for carrying out the provisions of KRS 214.552
to 214.556.
For the purpose of developing and monitoring the implementation of guidelines
for access to and the quality of the services of the Breast Cancer Screening
Program, there is hereby created a Breast Cancer Advisory Committee to the
commissioner of the Department for Public Health which shall include the
directors of the James Graham Brown Cancer Center and the Lucille Parker
Markey Cancer Center, the director of the Kentucky Cancer Registry, the
director of the Division of Women's Health, one (1) radiologist with preference
given to one who has been fellowship-trained in breast diagnostics and who
shall be appointed by the Governor, one (1) representative of the Kentucky
Office of Rural Health appointed by the Governor, one (1) representative of the
Kentucky Commission on Women appointed by the Governor, and at least
three (3) women who have had breast cancer and who shall be appointed by
the Governor.
The commissioner of the Department for Public Health, in consultation with the
Breast Cancer Advisory Committee, shall annually, but no later than November
1 of each year, make a report to the Governor, the Legislative Research
Commission, and the Interim Joint Committees on Appropriations and Revenue
and on Health and Welfare on the:
(a) Implementation and outcome from the Breast Cancer Screening Program
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including, by geographic region, numbers of persons screened, numbers
of cancers detected, referrals for treatment, and reductions in breast
cancer morbidity and mortality;
Development of quality assurance guidelines, including timetables, for
breast cancer screening under this section, and monitoring of the manner
and effect of implementation of those guidelines; and
Funds appropriated, received, and spent for breast cancer control by
fiscal year.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 158, sec. 48, effective July 12, 2012. -Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 462, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended
2003 Ky. Acts ch. 48, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts
ch. 95, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1998; and ch. 426, sec. 409, effective July 15,
1998. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 184, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1994. -Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 4, effective July 1, 1990.
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