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Mammogram Availability Act of 2005

Introduced: December 22, 2005 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York 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
Mar 27, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jan 3, 2006
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Dec 14, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Dec 14, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mammogram Availability Act of 2005 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, that provides coverage for diagnostic mammographies for any woman 40 years old or older to provide no less favorable coverage for annual screening mammographies for such a woman. Prohibits related enrollment and renewal discrimination, monetary incentives to women, and penalties or incentives to providers. Applies such requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market.

What's happening now March 27, 2006

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8
BAIRD, BRIAN
· Dec 22, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Dec 14, 2005
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Dec 14, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4540: Mammogram Availability Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4540/
MLA
"H.R. 4540: Mammogram Availability Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4540/.
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H.R. 4540, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-4540/.
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