HR 1809
107th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Administrative procedure
Breast cancer
Cancer
Cervical cancer
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Coinsurance
Colon cancer
Commerce
Consumer education
Department of Health and Human Services
Department of Labor
Department of the Treasury
Discrimination in insurance
Discrimination in medical care
Employee health benefits
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Gynecology
Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2001
Introduced: May 10, 2001
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 17, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1878)
Jul 16, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 22, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
May 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
May 10, 2001
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means, and Government Reform, 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.
May 10, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 2001 - 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. Sets forth provisions requiring the disclosure of benefits and health care provider information to patients under such plan or coverage.
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.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services, on his own initiative or upon petition by an individual or organization, to modify coverage requirements provided under this Act to allow such requirements to incorporate new scientific and technological advances regarding cancer screening.
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1878)
Committees of jurisdiction
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