US HB1220 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 3 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (in order to cover 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled]), regardless of the code billed for a diagnosis as a result of a test, or for the removal of tissue or other procedure furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.

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Title

Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015

Sponsors

Rep. Charles Dent [R-PA]Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]Rep. Michael Fitzpatrick [R-PA]Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]
Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]Rep. Patrick Meehan [R-PA]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]Rep. Rodney Davis [R-IL]Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. John Carney [D-DE]Rep. Gregg Harper [R-MS]Rep. Corrine Brown [D-FL]Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R-NJ]Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]Rep. David McKinley [R-WV]Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]
Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]Rep. Cresent Hardy [R-NV]Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Brian Babin [R-TX]Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]Rep. Steve Chabot [R-OH]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]Rep. Michael Burgess [R-TX]Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]Rep. Steve Russell [R-OK]Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]Rep. Richard Hanna [R-NY]Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]
Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO]Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]Rep. John Culberson [R-TX]Rep. Chris Collins [R-NY]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]Rep. Greg Walden [R-OR]Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX]Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]
Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN]Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Michael McCaul [R-TX]Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]Rep. Ryan Costello [R-PA]Rep. Ralph Abraham [R-LA]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]Rep. Paul Cook [R-CA]Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]Rep. Lou Barletta [R-PA]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]Rep. Bill Johnson [R-OH]Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Randy Weber [R-TX]Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI]Rep. Joseph Heck [R-NV]Rep. Robert Dold [R-IL]
Rep. Peter King [R-NY]Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA]Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Bill Shuster [R-PA]Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX]Rep. Evan Jenkins [R-WV]Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA]
Rep. David Young [R-IA]Rep. William Keating [D-MA]Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA]Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]Rep. Alexander Mooney [R-WV]Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO]Rep. Jim Bridenstine [R-OK]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]Rep. Will Hurd [R-TX]
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]
Rep. Thomas MacArthur [R-NJ]Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Tom Reed [R-NY]Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]Rep. Peter Roskam [R-IL]Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Matt Salmon [R-AZ]Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]Sen. Markwayne Mullin [R-OK]Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]
Rep. Brad Wenstrup [R-OH]Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]Rep. John Ratcliffe [R-TX]Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Dan Newhouse [R-WA]Rep. John Larson [D-CT]Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. David Reichert [R-WA]Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]
Sen. Kevin Cramer [R-ND]Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]Rep. Duncan Hunter [R-CA]
Rep. Mike Bost [R-IL]Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS]Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]Rep. John Katko [R-NY]Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R-MN]Rep. Stephen Knight [R-CA]Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]Rep. Jason Smith [R-MO]
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]Rep. Martha Roby [R-AL]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL]Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX]Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler [R-WA]Rep. Scott Perry [R-PA]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL]Rep. Trent Kelly [R-MS]Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]Rep. Pete Sessions [R-TX]Rep. Steve Stivers [R-OH]Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]
Rep. Ted Yoho [R-FL]Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]
Rep. Bradley Byrne [R-AL]Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]Rep. French Hill [R-AR]Rep. Lee Zeldin [R-NY]
Rep. Rod Blum [R-IA]Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Kay Granger [R-TX]Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]Rep. Tom Emmer [R-MN]Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]Rep. Bruce Westerman [R-AR]Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]
Rep. Jody Hice [R-GA]Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ]Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA]
Rep. David Valadao [R-CA]Rep. Steve King [R-IA]Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Roger Williams [R-TX]Rep. Pedro Pierluisi [N-PR]Rep. Michael Simpson [R-ID]Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]Rep. Tom Marino [R-PA]Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]Rep. David Rouzer [R-NC]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]Rep. Don Young [R-AK]Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]Rep. Mac Thornberry [R-TX]
Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-03-27HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-06HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-03-03HouseReferred to House Ways and Means
2015-03-03HouseReferred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-03-03HouseReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-03-03HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB624 (Same As) 2015-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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