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HR 3458 108th Congress House

Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2003

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs of certain screening procedures for d… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs of certain screening procedures for diabetic retinopathy, and to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish pilot programs to foster such screening, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Nov 14, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 10, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Nov 6, 2003
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.
Nov 6, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 14, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2003 - Amends the Social Security Act to provide Medicare and Medicaid coverage for remote assessment diabetic retinopathy procedures.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a mobile diabetic retinopathy screening pilot program with five eligible entities (hospitals, States, Indian or local governments, institutions of higher education, nonprofit health organizations, or certain community health centers) serving patients primarily in rural underserved areas.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 3 Republican 2 Independent 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 12, 2004
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · May 12, 2004
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Apr 28, 2004
NETHERCUTT, GEORGE
· Apr 28, 2004
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 2, 2004
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Feb 10, 2004
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 10, 2004
FROST, MARTIN
· Jan 27, 2004
HOEFFEL, JOSEPH
· Jan 27, 2004
LAMPSON, NICK
· Jan 27, 2004
SPRATT, JOHN
· Dec 8, 2003
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Dec 8, 2003
TANNER, JOHN
· Nov 18, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3458: Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3458/
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"H.R. 3458: Diabetic Retinopathy Prevention Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3458/.
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