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New Law Provides Underinsured Kentuckians With Colon Exams

4/20/2016

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Kentucky House Reps.' T. Burch, T. Riner, L. Belcher, B. DeWeese, J. Glenn, M. King, M. Marzian, D. Watkins, B. Yonts ACT relating to colon cancer prevention by declaring it an emergency is now law.
 
It amend KRS 214.542 to include eligible underinsured individuals in the colon cancer screening program; direct the Department for Public Health to promulgate administrative regulations to develop a schedule of income-based fees that may be charged for screening, examination, treatment, and rescreening and a data collection system to document the services performed under the program.

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 were made to retain original provisions of the bill except to state that treatment and surveillance may be provided if funds are available and change a data collection system "to document" to a data system "including." 
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