US Congress House Bill 2035 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11)
Status: Introduced on April 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-05-13 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SCREEN Act of 2015 Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015 This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to maintain calendar year 2015 Medicare reimbursement rates for colonoscopy procedures for providers participating in colorectal cancer screening quality improvement registry. Medicare beneficiary cost-sharing is eliminated for colorectal cancer screening tests, for the removal of tissue or other matter during the screening test, or for a follow-up procedure. The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation shall test a payment and service delivery model that is a demonstration project to evaluate the effectiveness of a pre-operative visit before screening colonoscopy and hepatitis C screening. The Secretary of Health and Human Services must reduce the physician fee schedule conversion factor and the hospital outpatient department conversion factor to the extent necessary to reduce expenditures for related items and services to achieve budget-neutral results.

SCREEN Act of 2015 Supporting Colorectal Examination and Education Now Act of 2015

Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-13	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-05-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-04-28	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E592)
2015-04-27	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-04-27	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-04-27	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.
2015-04-27	House	Introduced in House

SB1079 (Same As) 2015-04-23 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2403; text of measure as introduced: CR S2403-2405)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2035/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2035/BILLS-114hr2035ih.pdf