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The Ohio House Ways and Means
Committee recently approved a bill that would create an option to allow income
tax filers to donate money to a state fund that supports cervical and breast
cancer testing and treatment. The bill is expected to advance to the full House
soon.
The state Department of Health’s
Ohio Breast and Cervical Cancer Project provided services to 73,547 women
between March 1994 and May last year. Women age 40 or older who earn less than
twice the federal poverty limit are eligible for the program, and those needing
treatment are eligible to apply for Medicaid coverage, said Sarah Gudz, OBCCP’s
director.
OBCCP received about $4.2 million in
the past year, much of it from CDC. The program also received a one-time $1.3
million payment from tobacco settlement funds and $832,000 from Ohio’s
general-revenue fund.
“There’s never a guarantee when it
comes to funding,” said Gudz. The additional resources help OBCCP serve more
women, she added.
Many state lawmakers know women who
have had breast or cervical cancer, said Peter Beck (R-Mason), chair of the
House Ways and Means Committee. “It’s important to protect those women,” he
said.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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