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HR 817 108th Congress House

Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2003

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for enhanced reimbursement under the Medicare Program for screening and diagnostic mammography services, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 13, 2003 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 26, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 20, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 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.
Feb 13, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 26, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2003 - Provides that, with respect to payment for a screening or diagnostic mammography furnished to a Medicare beneficiary, the amount of payment made to a hospital-based facility in which such screening or diagnostic mammography is performed during the applicable period is equal to 200 percent of the amount of payment that would otherwise apply under the Medicare fee schedule established under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the technical component of such screening or diagnostic mammography. Provides for not counting certain radiological residents against graduate medical education limitations.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an arrangement with the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Secretary on Medicare reimbursement for gender-specific services.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission to study and report to Congress on Medicare reimbursement for screening services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 19
All 19 Democratic 11
Bell, Chris
· Jun 10, 2003
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 10, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jun 4, 2003
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 21, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · May 21, 2003
BALLENGER, CASS
· May 19, 2003
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 19, 2003
Janklow, William
· May 15, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 15, 2003
TIAHRT, TODD
· May 15, 2003
Bordallo, Madeleine
· Feb 13, 2003
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
· Feb 13, 2003
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Feb 13, 2003
DEUTSCH, PETER
· Feb 13, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 13, 2003
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 13, 2003
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 13, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 13, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Feb 13, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 817: Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-817/
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"H.R. 817: Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-817/.
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