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
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Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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