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Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2001

Introduced: February 6, 2001 See on congress.gov
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Feb 6, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 6, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1078-1079)
Feb 6, 2001
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to extend coverage of screening pap smears and screening pelvic exams to annual examinations regardless of whether a woman is of childbearing age or at high-risk.
What's happening now February 6, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Feb 14, 2002
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Jun 7, 2001
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Apr 6, 2001
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 19, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 258: Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-258/
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"S. 258: Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save Women's Lives Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-258/.
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S. 258, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-258/.
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