2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-7003 — Department; offer screening mammography; when; reimbursement; powers and duties; rules and regulations.

Section 71-7003
Department; offer screening mammography; when; reimbursement; powers and duties; rules and regulations.

(1) The department may offer screening mammography, for citizens of Nebraska who are able to supply the name of a physician for followup consultation or treatment, pursuant to sections 71-7001.01 and 71-7003 to 71-7011 as follows:

(a) For asymptomatic women over thirty years of age but under fifty years of age, one screening mammogram will be reimbursed after at least eleven months have passed following the month in which the last screening mammogram was performed if the woman has a personal history of breast cancer or has a mother or sister who has or had pre-menopausal breast cancer;

(b) For asymptomatic women over thirty-four years of age but under forty years of age, one screening mammogram will be reimbursed;

(c) For asymptomatic women over thirty-nine years of age but under fifty years of age, reimbursement may be made for a screening mammogram performed after at least twenty-three months have passed following the month in which the last screening mammogram was performed if the woman has no personal history of breast cancer; and

(d) For asymptomatic women over forty-nine years of age but under sixty-five years of age, reimbursement may be made for a screening mammogram performed after at least eleven months have passed following the month in which the last screening mammogram was performed.

(2) The department may reimburse any mammogram supplier for providing mammography pursuant to the program established under section 71-7002.

(3) Reimbursement for each mammogram provided under the program established pursuant to section 71-7002 shall be in an amount equal to the medicare reimbursement rate for screening mammography.

(4) The department shall have all powers necessary to implement the purpose and intent of sections 71-7001 to 71-7013, including, but not limited to, the authority to:

(a) Approve screening mammogram suppliers and participants in the program;

(b) Apply for, receive, and administer federal and other public and private funds deposited in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Cash Fund to carry out the purposes of such sections;

(c) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of such sections; and

(d) With the advice of the Breast and Cervical Cancer Advisory Committee: (i) Establish income guidelines based on multipliers of the federal poverty guidelines for eligibility of participants and for waiver or partial waiver of participant fees; (ii) set fees for participants; (iii) establish reimbursement rates for screening mammogram suppliers; and (iv) plan and provide outreach and educational programs relating to breast cancer and the program established pursuant to section 71-7002 to Nebraska women.

Source:

Laws 1991, LB 256, § 3

Laws 1995, LB 68, § 5

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska