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Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999

Introduced: March 25, 1999 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 26, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 19, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 14, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E639-641)
Apr 13, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1916-1917)
Apr 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Mar 25, 1999
Introduced in House
Mar 25, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and 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.
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, to provide coverage for certain types of cancer screening. Includes under such coverage mammograms, clinical breast examinations, pap tests and pelvic examinations, colorectal screening procedures, and prostate screening tests, at specified intervals and through specified procedures for certain age groups in appropriate genders.

Prohibits related eligibility discrimination, monetary incentives to individuals, and penalties or incentives to providers..

Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the requirements of this Act to coverage offered in the individual market.

Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to mandate coordination of regulations, rulings, and interpretations between the Secretaries of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor relating to matters over which two or more of the Secretaries have responsibility.

What's happening now April 26, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 7 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Sep 27, 2000
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 18, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 25, 2000
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Apr 10, 2000
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 26, 1999
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · May 26, 1999
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 18, 1999
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Apr 13, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 25, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1285: Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1285/
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"H.R. 1285: Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1285/.
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