HR 778
104th Congress
House
Health
Breast cancer
Mammography
Medical screening
Medicare
Women
Women's health
Equal Access to Annual Screening Mammography Act of 1995
Introduced: February 1, 1995
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 1, 1995
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.
Feb 1, 1995
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Equal Access to Annual Screening Mammography Act of 1995 - Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the breast cancer screening benefit to cover on an annual basis (currently, biennial) routine breast cancer screening for women aged 65 and older (thus covering them on the same basis as those aged 49 through 64).
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Committees of jurisdiction
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