Cancer Treatment

Oklahoma Cancer treatment bill signed

Published in Drug Law Weekly, June 1st, 2004

Oklahoma is no longer the only state in the nation to shun a program that uses federal Medicaid money for screening and treatment of women with breast and cervical cancer.

Governor Brad Henry signed into law a bill creating the Belle Maxine Hilliard Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Fund.

"This law is long overdue and desperately needed," Henry said. "Too many Oklahoma women have succumbed to these diseases because they couldn't afford a mammogram, much less the cost of treatment if they were diagnosed. This bill will undoubtedly save lives."

Representative Danny Hilliard, D-Sulphur, was principal author of the measure, which...

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Source: Drug Law Weekly (2004-06-01)

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