In 2001, the Maine Legislature approved state funding to implement the federal Breast & Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106-354 ) (hereinafter referred to as "the Treatment Act"). The Treatment Act, which became effective October 1, 2001, affords full MaineCare benefit eligibility to certain eligible women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer or a pre-cancerous condition through the Maine Breast and Cervical Health Program (MBCHP).
10- 144 C.M.R. ch. 708, § 1