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SB27
ENNGC9C-1
By Senator Stutts
RFD: Healthcare
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 09-Dec-24
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6 ENNGC9C-1 12/04/2024 FC (L)lg 2024-3155
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PFD: 09-Dec-24
SYNOPSIS:
This bill would require the Alabama Medicaid
Agency to cover any noninvasive colorectal cancer
screening test assigned a grade A or B under the
recommendations of the United States Preventive
Services Task Force.
This bill would also require the Alabama
Medicaid Agency to cover a colonoscopy based on a
positive test result.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to the Alabama Medicaid Agency; to require the
agency to cover certain noninvasive colorectal screening tests
under certain conditions; and to require the Medicaid Agency
to cover a colonoscopy based on a positive test result.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. The Alabama Medicaid Agency shall provide
coverage for any noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test
that is assigned a grade A or B under recommendations of the
United States Preventive Services Task Force, as the
recommendations of the task force may be amended from time to
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recommendations of the task force may be amended from time to
time. The Medicaid Agency shall also provide coverage for any
colonoscopy performed based on a positive screening test
result. Coverage of the tests shall include, but not be
limited to, all of the following tests, provided the test
maintains a grade A or B rating based on recommendations of
the task force:
(1) The guaiac fecal occult blood test (gFOBT).
(2) The fecal immunochemical test (FIT).
(3) The multi-target stool DNA test (sDNA-FIT).
Section 2. This act shall be effective immediately.
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