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HR 1746 102th Congress House Health Cancer Medical screening Medical tests Medicare Mental health services Physical examinations Preventive medicine

To establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program for medicare beneficiaries.

Introduced: April 11, 1991 See on congress.gov
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 22, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Apr 16, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 11, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 11, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 11, 1991
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 and an annual physical examination performed by a physician or nurse practitioner 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 22, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 30, 1991
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 11, 1991
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Apr 11, 1991
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 11, 1991
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1746: To establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program for medicare beneficiaries.. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1746/
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"H.R. 1746: To establish the Comprehensive Preventive Health Program for medicare beneficiaries.." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-1746/.
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