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SPONSOR: |
Knauer |
DATE TYPED: |
1/24/02 |
HB |
72 |
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SHORT TITLE: |
Breast & Cervical Cancer Services |
SB |
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ANALYST: |
Dunbar |
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APPROPRIATION
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Appropriation
Contained |
Estimated
Additional Impact |
Recurring or Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY02 |
FY03 |
FY02 |
FY03 |
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$1,600.0 |
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Recurring |
General Fund |
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$36.0 |
Recurring |
General Fund |
(Parenthesis
( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
REVENUE
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Estimated Revenue |
Subsequent Years
Impact |
Recurring or Non-Rec |
Fund Affected |
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FY02 |
FY03 |
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$7,289.0 |
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Recurring |
Federal Funds |
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$164.0 |
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Recurring |
Federal Funds |
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Human Services Department (HSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis
of Bill
HB 72 appropriates $1,600.0 from the general fund to the Health Department to provide matching funds pursuant to the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 to provide Medicaid eligibility to uninsured women who are under age 65.
These women must be identified through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection program. Moreover, to be eligible for this program a person must not have health insurance or be eligible for Medicaid.
Significant
Issues
Coverage includes cancer
treatment, as well as the full range of Medicaid benefits. Program will assure
access to timely treatment services and reduce mortality from cancer.
HSD’S Medical Assistance Division (MAD) and the Department of Health (DOH) report that up to 850 women would be eligible to participate in this program each year in New Mexico.
MAD has implemented performance measures that look at the percentage of women enrolled in New Mexico Medicaid who are receiving breast and cervical screens.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation
of $1,600.0 contained in this bill is a
recurring expense to the general fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance
remaining at the end of FY 03 shall revert to the general fund.
The federal fiscal
participation (FFP) for this program is equal to the enhanced FFP for the State
Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), currently about 82%. The $1,600.0 would generate $7,289.0. in
federal Medicaid dollars, for a total of approximately $8,889.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
There is no mention of an appropriation
for administrative start-up costs.
Implementation of a new Medicaid category would require programming
changes to the Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and the Income
Support Division on-line eligibility (ISD2) system, as well as policy
promulgation and training costs. HSD estimated costs are $ 200.0. The state share of such costs would be at
the 82% FFP.
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