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HR 4794 111th Congress House

Safeguarding Access to Preventative Services Act of 2010

Official title: To prohibit the use of any recommendation of the Preventive Services Task Force (or any successor task force) to deny or restrict coverage of an item or servic… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the use of any recommendation of the Preventive Services Task Force (or any successor task force) to deny or restrict coverage of an item or service under a Federal health care program, a group health plan, or a health insurance issuer, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 21, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Health care coverage and accessHealth promotion and preventive careMedicaidMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareWomen's health
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 22, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 9, 2010
Referred to House Education and Labor
Mar 9, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 9, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and Labor, 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.
Mar 9, 2010
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Mar 9, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 22, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safeguarding Access to Preventative Services Act of 2010 - Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) from using any recommendation of the Preventive Services Task Force to deny or restrict coverage of an item or service under a federal health care program (including Medicare, Medicaid, and the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program).

Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) prohibit a group health plan from using any recommendation of that Task Force to deny or restrict coverage; (2) require the sponsor of a group health plan, in determining which preventive items and services to provide coverage for, to consult the medical guidelines and recommendations of relevant professional medical organizations of relevant practice areas, including those relating to the coverage of women's preventive services; and (3) require the plan administrator to disclose such guidelines and recommendations as part of a summary of benefits and coverage provided to participants. Amends PHSA to apply such requirements to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner it applies to coverage offered in the group market.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4794: Safeguarding Access to Preventative Services Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-4794/
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