AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HEALTH

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A provision for payment of medical assistance for high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants on behalf of individuals over the age of twenty-one who have been diagnosed with lymphoma or breast cancer and have been determined by the treating health care provider to have a performance status sufficient to proceed with such high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant. Regulations to implement this provision shall be effective in 280 days or less of the enactment of this subdivision. Appeals of these cases shall be handled in accordance with the Department's expedited appeals process; and