US Congress House Bill 2307 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on May 3 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act) of 2017 This bill requires that any provision of law referring to current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention be administered as if: (1) the provision referred to USPSTF recommendations last issued before 2009; and (2) those recommendations applied to any screening mammography modality, including any digital modality of such a procedure. (In 2009, the USPSTF updated its guidelines to recommend against routine screening mammography for women between 40 to 49 years of age and to recommend biennial, instead of annual, screening mammography for most women between 50 to 74 years of age.) This requirement shall also apply to the Veterans Health Administration's policy on mammography screening for veterans. In addition, the bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to preserve Medicare coverage for screening mammography, without a requirement for coinsurance, and expand the definition of screening mammography to include any digital modality of such a procedure. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may not decrease the frequency with which screening mammography may be paid by Medicare for a woman over 39 years of age.

Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act) of 2017

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Susan Brooks [R-IN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Barbara Comstock [R-VA]	Rep. Jackie Walorski [R-IN]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Ann Wagner [R-MO]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-15	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
2017-05-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
2017-05-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
2017-05-03	House	Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Veterans' Affairs, 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.
2017-05-03	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2307/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2307/BILLS-115hr2307ih.pdf