US Congress House Bill 991 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on March 6 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-03-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, and (2) exclude screening CTC from the meaning of "imaging services" for which there is a special rule regarding outpatient services department (OPD) fee schedule payments. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit a preliminary report to Congress on the status of coverage of CTC as a CRC screening test under Medicare, including the extent to which such coverage as required by this Act has been implemented.

CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2013

Rep. Ralph Hall [R-TX]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-03-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-08	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-03-06	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-03-06	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-03-06	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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/991/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr991/BILLS-113hr991ih.pdf