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HR 417 105th Congress House

Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1997

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide annual screening mammography and waive deductibles and coinsurance for screening mammography under the Medicare program.

Introduced: March 11, 1997 See on congress.gov
Health Ambulatory careBreast cancerCoinsuranceFinance and Financial Sector
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MammographyMedical feesMedical screeningMedicareSocial WelfareWomenWomen's health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 1997
See H.R.2015.
Feb 28, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jan 21, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Jan 9, 1997
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.
Jan 9, 1997
Referred to House Commerce
Jan 9, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action August 5, 1997

See H.R.2015.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1997 - 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) repeal the disallowance of payment for screening mammography performed for women over 64 within 23 months after the last mammography was performed; and (3) waive any required deductible or coinsurance payments with respect to such mammographies.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 2015 Procedurally related Balanced Budget Act of 1997
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 6 Independent 1
LAMPSON, NICK
· May 20, 1997
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Mar 20, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 13, 1997
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 11, 1997
QUINN, JACK
· Mar 11, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 11, 1997
Faleomavaega, Eni
· Feb 13, 1997
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 13, 1997
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Jan 21, 1997
FROST, MARTIN
· Jan 21, 1997
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 21, 1997
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 21, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 417: Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-417/
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"H.R. 417: Medicare Mammography Enhancement Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-417/.
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H.R. 417, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-417/.
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