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Medical Advisory Committee

The public is invited to attend 3 meetings each year with the Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program's Medical Advisory Committee.

Meetings are Wednesdays at 1:30 on these dates:
January 21, 2009
April 15, 2009

Location: Town Center 2 - 111 Israel Road SE, Tumwater, WA 98501
Building Phone (360) 236-2397
(Clicking on Maps and Directions will take you out of the WBCHP website)
Maps and Directions  Then click on Town Center East, then locate Town Center 2.

For more information on Medical Advisory Committee meetings, Contact: Pama Joyner (360) 236-3589, pama.joyner@doh.wa.gov

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• April 6, 2006 - Mammograms and Pap tests more available to state's low income women

Breast & Cervical Cancer Treatment Program

Uninsured Washington women found to have breast or cervical cancer are assured of the medical treatments they need, thanks to a law passed by the 2001 Legislature and signed by Governor Gary Locke.

Beginning July 1, 2001, women receive full-scope Medicaid coverage if they:

• Are screened by WBCHP and diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer, and
• Require treatment, and
• Don't have health insurance coverage

The law creates an extraordinary partnership in which two state agencies – the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) – work with a private cancer-fighting foundation to make sure both the detection program and medical coverage are available to low-income women who lack health insurance

The Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program had its roots in a 2000 federal law that established the new coverage group for participating states. The Washington state law, 2SHB 1058, was passed by the Washington Legislature and allowed the state to take advantage of the federal law.

The program was supported by a $400,000 donation to the state by the Puget Sound chapter of the Susan G.  Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, which supports research and education efforts involved in women’s cancers.

The private funds from the foundation combine with the state to match federal funds so that Medicaid can afford to cover medical treatment when cancers are found.

The screening is conducted by DOH’s Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program (WBCHP), funded by the state and the federal  National Breast And Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program. The actual medical coverage, when necessary, will be provided under the Medicaid program operated by the DSHS Medical Assistance Administration.

Both agencies stress that access to the Medicaid program can only be obtained through DOH’s Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program. Only women who have been diagnosed by the WBCHP and who require treatment will be eligible for Medicaid coverage under the law.

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Washington Breast and Cervical Health Program
Washington State Department of Health
111 Israel Road, Town Center 2, 3rd Flr
Tumwater, Washington, 98501

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