0001|                               AN ACT
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0002| RELATING TO HEALTH CARE; REQUIRING MAMMOGRAMS FOR MEDICAID RECIPIENTS
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0003| TO CONFORM TO CERTAIN STANDARDS; ENACTING A NEW SECTION OF THE PUBLIC
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0004| ASSISTANCE ACT.
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0006| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0007|      Section 1.  A new section of the Public Assistance Act is enacted
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0008| to read:
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0009|      "MAMMOGRAMS FOR MEDICAID RECIPIENTS.--In providing coverage for
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0010| mammograms under the medicaid program, the department shall ensure
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0011| that:
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0012|           A.  patients will not be routinely solicited for mammograms;
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0013| and that mammograms will only be performed based on nationally
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0014| recognized standards; and
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0015|           B.  any fee for service payment that shall be made on
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0016| behalf of the medicaid program for a mammogram of a medicaid
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0017| recipient shall be consistent with and not exceed the usual and
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0018| customary charge that reflects the reasonable fair market value of
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0019| the cost of a mammogram."                       
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