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                                     LRB093 05171 JLS 14319 a

 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1417

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 1417  on  page  1,
 3    line 18, by changing "individual, in" to "individual."; and

 4    on  page  1  by  replacing  lines  19  through  26  with  the
 5    following:
 6        "Coverage  required  under  this  Section shall provide a
 7    covered  individual,  in  consultation  with   his   or   her
 8    physician,   with   a   choice  of  cancer  examinations  and
 9    laboratory tests, but only in accordance with  the  following
10    frequency and type:
11             (1)  For persons age 50 and over:
12                  (A)  either   a  fecal  occult  blood  test  or
13             immunochemical fecal blood test conducted  annually,
14             or
15                  (B)  a flexible sigmoidoscopy conducted every 5
16             years, or
17                  (C)  a    fecal    occult    blood    test   or
18             immunochemical fecal blood test  conducted  annually
19             in  addition  to  a flexible sigmoidoscopy conducted
20             every 5 years, or
21                  (D)  a double contrast barium  enema  conducted
22             every 5 years, or
23                  (E)  a colonoscopy conducted every 10 years.
 
                            -2-      LRB093 05171 JLS 14319 a
 1             Coverage   under   this   subdivision   (1)  permits
 2        additional screening only if the frequency period for the
 3        prior examination or test has expired.
 4             (2)  For persons at high risk for colorectal cancer,
 5        either a fecal occult blood test or immunochemical  fecal
 6        blood  test,  a flexible sigmoidoscopy, a double contrast
 7        barium enema, or a colonoscopy at a frequency  determined
 8        by the covered individual in consultation with his or her
 9        physician  and  in  accordance  with  generally  accepted
10        medical standards.
11        An  "individual at high risk for colorectal cancer" is an
12    individual who, because of family history,  prior  experience
13    of  cancer  or  precursor  neoplastic  polyps,  a  history of
14    chronic  digestive  disease  (including  inflammatory   bowel
15    disease,   Crohn's   Disease,  or  ulcerative  colitis),  the
16    presence of  any  appropriate  recognized  gene  markers  for
17    colorectal  cancer,  or  other  predisposing factors, faces a
18    high risk of colorectal cancer.".