HR 1328
107th Congress
House
Health
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Governmental investigations
Mammography
Medical fees
Medical screening
Medicare
Physicians
Social Welfare
Women
Medicare Mammogram Access Protection Act of 2001
Introduced: March 30, 2001
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Introduced
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 30, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and 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.
Mar 30, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicare Mammogram Access Protection Act of 2001 - Amends Federal law commonly known as the Benefits Improvement and Protection Act to provide for a one-year delay of inclusion of payment for screening mammography in the Medicare (title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA)) physician fee schedule.
Amends SSA title XVIII to provide for a change in reimbursement under the Medicare program for screening mammographies furnished in 2002.
Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study and report to Congress on the relative value units established by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Medicare physician fee schedule for screening services that are reimbursed under such fee schedule.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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