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HR 779 104th Congress House Health Medical screening Medical tests Medicare Prostate cancer

Medicare Prostate Cancer Screening Act of 1995

Introduced: February 1, 1995 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 9, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Prostate Cancer Screening Act of 1995 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage of prostate cancer screening tests.

What's happening now February 21, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 7, 1995
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 3, 1995
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 15, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 15, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 15, 1995
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 779: Medicare Prostate Cancer Screening Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-779/
MLA
"H.R. 779: Medicare Prostate Cancer Screening Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-779/.
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H.R. 779, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-779/.
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