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HR 1285 106th Congress House

Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and indivi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage of cancer screening.

Introduced: March 25, 1999 See on congress.gov
Health Access to health careAdministrative procedureBreast cancerCervical cancer
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Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCoinsuranceColon cancerCommerceConsumer educationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of LaborDepartment of the TreasuryDiscrimination in insuranceDiscrimination in medical careEmployee health benefitsFinance and Financial SectorGovernment Operations and PoliticsGynecologyHealth insurance
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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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 Latest action April 26, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 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
QUINN, JACK
· 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
FROST, MARTIN
· Mar 25, 1999
SANDLIN, MAX
· Mar 25, 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/
MLA
"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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H.R. 1285, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-1285/.
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