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HR 4269 101th Congress House Health Cancer Medical screening Medical tests Medicare Mental health services Physical examinations Preventive medicine Social Welfare

To establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program For Medicare Beneficiaries.

Introduced: March 14, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 18, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 19, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 14, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 14, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 14, 1990
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to cover colon cancer preventive screening examinations, an annual physical examination performed by a physician or nurse practitioner, and verbal and written mental health screening examinations if a demonstration project to be conducted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services proves such examinations to be cost-effective or of moderate cost but measurably health enhancing.

What's happening now April 18, 1990

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jul 17, 1990
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 8, 1990
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Mar 14, 1990
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 14, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4269: To establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program For Medicare Beneficiaries.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4269/
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"H.R. 4269: To establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program For Medicare Beneficiaries.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-HR-4269/.
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