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HR 1213 111th Congress House

Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2009

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that the Medicare initial preventive physical examination not be required for a referral with respec… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide that the Medicare initial preventive physical examination not be required for a referral with respect to ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms and to provide for such screening with respect to at-risk Medicare beneficiaries between the ages of 65 and 75.

Introduced: June 2, 2009 See on congress.gov
Health AgingCardiovascular and respiratory healthHealth promotion and preventive careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Became law
Mar 2, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 26, 2009
Introduced in House
Feb 26, 2009
Referred to House Ways and Means
Feb 26, 2009
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 26, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
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 Latest action March 2, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to Medicare coverage of ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms.

Repeals the prerequisite of a referral resulting from an initial preventive physical exam.

Replaces such requirement with one requiring that the individual receiving the ultrasound screening be between the ages of 65 and 75.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 2 Republican 3
D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Jun 10, 2009
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 2, 2009
 R
Guthrie, Brett
Kentucky · May 20, 2009
BONO MACK, MARY
· Feb 26, 2009
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 26, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1213: Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1213/
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"H.R. 1213: Screening Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Very Efficiently Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1213/.
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H.R. 1213, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1213/.
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