PUBLIC LAW 105-277 —OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-436 "(ii) the amount of the allotment that would be made to the State for the program year under the formula specified in section 132(b)(l)(B); and "(B) the State is 1 of the 8 States with the greatest quotient obtained by dividing— "(i) the amount described in subparagraph (A)(i); by "(ii) the amount described in subparagraph (A)(ii). "(3) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— Subject to paragraph (1), the amount of the grant made under paragraph (1) to a State for a program year shall be based on the difference between— "(A) the amount of the allotment that would be made to the State for the program year under the formula specified in section 202(a) of the Job Training Partnership Act, as in effect on July 1, 1998; and "(B) the amount of the allotment that would be made to the State for the program year under the formula specified in section 132(b)(1)(B). "(4) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—^A State that receives a grant under paragraph (1) for a program year— "(A) shall allocate funds made available through the grant on the basis of the formula used by the State to allocate funds within the State for that program year under— "(i) paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of section 133(b); or "(ii) paragraph (2)(B) of section 133(b); and "(B) shall use the funds in the same manner as the State uses other funds allocated under the appropriate paragraph of section 133(b).". TITLE IX—WOMEN'S HEALTH AND CANCER RIGHTS SEC. 901. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the "Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998". SEC. 902. AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974. (a) IN GENERAL.— Subpart B of part 7 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: "SEC. 713. REQUIRED COVERAGE FOR RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY FOLLOWING MASTECTOMIES. "(a) IN GENERAL. —^A group health plan, and a health insurance issuer providing health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan, that provides medical and surgical benefits with respect to a mastectomy shall provide, in a case of a participant or beneficiary who is receiving benefits in connection with a mastectomy and who elects breast reconstruction in connection with such mastectomy, coverage for— "(1) all stages of reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy has been performed; Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998. 42 USC 201 note. 29 USC 1185b.
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