HR 3052
104th Congress
House
Health
Ambulatory care
Breast cancer
Mammography
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medicare
Women
Women's health
Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1996
Introduced: March 7, 1996
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Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 18, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 18, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 7, 1996
Referred to the Committee on 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.
Mar 7, 1996
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1996 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act relating to the authorized provision of annual screening mammographies for women to: (1) prohibit payment for any screening mammography performed for a woman over 49 years of age (currently, women over 49 but under 65) within 11 months after the previous mammography was performed; (2) allow women over 64 to receive such mammograms within 23 months after the last mammography was performed; and (3) waive any required deductible or coinsurance payments with respect to such mammographies.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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