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]
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.
Title
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-03-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-03-06 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-03-03 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
2015-03-03 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2015-03-03 | House | Referred 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. |
2015-03-03 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB624 (Same As) 2015-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Subjects
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1220/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1220/BILLS-114hr1220ih.pdf |