HB 72 AN ACT relating to the Colon Cancer Screening Program, and making an appropriation therefor

About HB-72

Amend KRS 214.542 to permit the Department for Public Health to adopt a schedule of income-based fees to be charged for colon cancer screenings; require that the fee schedule be such that the screenings are available to the largest number of people; create a new section of KRS 214.540 to 214.544 to create the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund and establish the parameters of the fund; require moneys in the fund to be used by the department to administer KRS 214.540 to 214.544; provide that moneys remaining in the fund at the end of the fiscal year will carry forward into the succeeding fiscal year interest earned on moneys in the fund will accrue to the account; provide that moneys are appropriated for purposes set forth in KRS 214.540 to 214.544; appropriate $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2010-2011 and $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2011-2012 to the department for deposit in the Kentucky Colon Cancer Screening Program fund.