1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to health; requiring the commissioner of
1.3 	health to develop a statewide cervical cancer
1.4 	prevention plan.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. CERVICAL CANCER ELIMINATION STUDY.
 1.7 	(a) The commissioner of health shall develop a statewide
1.8 	integrated and comprehensive cervical cancer prevention plan,
1.9 	including strategies for promoting and implementing the plan.
1.10 	The plan must include activities that identify and implement
1.11 	methods to improve the cervical cancer screening rates in
1.12 	Minnesota, including, but not limited to:
1.13 	(1) identifying and disseminating appropriate
1.14 	evidence-based cervical cancer screening guidelines to be used
1.15 	in Minnesota;
1.16 	(2) increasing the use of appropriate screening based on
1.17 	these guidelines for patients seen by medical groups in
1.18 	Minnesota and monitoring results of these medical groups; and 
1.19 	(3) reducing the number of women who should but have not
1.20 	been screened.
1.21 	(b) In developing the plan, the commissioner shall also
1.22 	identify and examine limitations and barriers in providing
1.23 	cervical cancer screening, diagnosis tools, and treatment,
1.24 	including, but not limited to, medical care reimbursement,
1.25 	treatment costs, and the availability of insurance coverage.
2.1 	(c) The commissioner may work with a nonprofit quality
2.2 	improvement organization in Minnesota to identify evidence-based
2.3 	guidelines for cervical cancer screening and to identify methods
2.4 	to improve the cervical cancer screening rates among medical
2.5 	groups; and may work with a nonprofit health care result
2.6 	reporting organization to monitor results by medical groups in
2.7 	Minnesota.
2.8 	(d) The commissioner may convene an advisory committee that
2.9 	includes representatives of health care providers, the American
2.10 	Cancer Society, health plan companies, the University of
2.11 	Minnesota Academic Health Center, community health boards, and
2.12 	the general public.
2.13 	(e) The commissioner shall submit a report to the
2.14 	legislature by January 15, 2006, on:
2.15 	(1) the statewide cervical cancer prevention plan,
2.16 	including a description of the plan activities and strategies
2.17 	developed for promoting and implementing the plan;
2.18 	(2) methods for monitoring the results by medical groups
2.19 	and by the entire state of cervical cancer screening improvement
2.20 	activities; and 
2.21 	(3) recommended changes to existing laws, programs, or
2.22 	services in terms of reducing the occurrence of cervical cancer
2.23 	by improving insurance coverage for the prevention, diagnosis,
2.24 	and treatment for cervical cancer.