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HR 958 104th Congress House Health Breast cancer Mammography Medical screening Medicare Women Women's health

Older Women's Breast Cancer Detection Act of 1995

Introduced: February 15, 1995 See on congress.gov
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Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Feb 21, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 15, 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 15, 1995
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1763-1764)
Feb 15, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Older Women's Breast Cancer Detection Act of 1995 - Amends part B (Supplemental Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revise the breast cancer screening benefit to cover on an annual (currently, biennial) basis routine breast cancer screening for women age 65 and older (thus covering them on the same basis as those age 49 through 64).

What's happening now February 21, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Apr 15, 1996
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 1, 1996
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Oct 31, 1995
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 11, 1995
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 2, 1995
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 8, 1995
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Mar 8, 1995
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Feb 15, 1995
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 15, 1995
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 958: Older Women's Breast Cancer Detection Act of 1995. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-958/
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"H.R. 958: Older Women's Breast Cancer Detection Act of 1995." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-958/.
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H.R. 958, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-958/.
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