HR 1311
102th Congress
House
Health
Breast cancer
Medicaid
Medical screening
Medical tests
Public assistance programs
Standards
Women's health
X-rays
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require State medicaid plans to provide coverage of screening mammography.
Introduced: March 6, 1991
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Mar 6, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 6, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to provide Medicaid coverage of screening mammographies for women age 35 and older. Varies the permissible frequency of such covered tests on the basis of a woman's age and her risk of developing breast cancer. Directs the Secretary to periodically review and revise permissible frequencies of such tests.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
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