Surrounded by a throng of GOP and Democratic lawmakers and breast cancer survivors, Gov JoshShapiroPA signed his first bill into law. The law removes the costs for genetic testing & preventive screenings for any person at a high risk of breast cancer.
signed his first bill as the commonwealth’s chief executive into law. It removes the costs for genetic testing as well as preventive screenings for any person at a high risk of developing breast cancer.
“This is not a red or a blue issue," said Ward."It's an issue that everyone knows someone or has a loved one that has [been] touched by this, with one in eight women getting it. There's no way around that." In the last legislative session, Ward also broke the glass ceiling when she became the first female majority leader in either the Pennsylvania House or Senate.
She said she was pleased to see the bill pass unanimously through both chambers. “Even for the simplest things, that doesn’t happen in Harrisburg, but it happened for this bill,” she said, clearly emotional. “And I'm really humbled … the support of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and the governor, it is humbling and it's wonderful.”
In April, the state House also unanimously approved of S.B. 8, which will also require insurers to pay for all costs associated with a breast MRI as well as all BRCA-related genetic testing and counseling for Pennsylvanians at high risk for hereditary cancers.
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