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HR 995 111th Congress House

Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and g… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Public Health Service Act and Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require that group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans provide coverage for annual screening mammography for women 40 years of age or older and for such screening and annual magnetic resonance imaging for women at high risk for breast cancer if the coverage or plans include coverage for diagnostic mammography for women 40 years of age or older.

Introduced: June 19, 2009 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Health Disability and health-based discriminationEmployee benefits and pensionsHealth care costs and insuranceHealth care coverage and access
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 8, 2009
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 12, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 11, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Feb 11, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Feb 11, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Feb 11, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 8, 2009

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require a group health plan that provides coverage for diagnostic mammography for any woman 40 years old or older to provide no less favorable coverage for annual screening mammography for such a woman, and diagnostic mammography, annual screening mammography, and annual magnetic resonance imaging for any high risk woman.

Prohibits a group health plan from denying enrollment or renewal solely to avoid the requirements of this Act, providing monetary incentives to encourage women to accept less than such minimum protections, penalizing providers for providing care in accordance with this Act, or providing incentives to induce providers to provide care in a manner inconsistent with this Act.

Applies such requirements and prohibitions to coverage offered in the individual market.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 25
All 25 Democratic 21
D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · May 18, 2010
 D
Chu, Judy
California · May 12, 2010
Wilson, Charles
· Nov 19, 2009
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 23, 2009
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 19, 2009
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jun 19, 2009
Massa, Eric
· Jun 19, 2009
 D
Matsui, Doris O.
California · Jun 19, 2009
McMahon, Michael
· Jun 19, 2009
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jun 19, 2009
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Jun 19, 2009
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Jun 19, 2009
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Jun 19, 2009
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jun 19, 2009
Murphy, Patrick
· May 14, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 23, 2009
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 25, 2009
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 11, 2009
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Feb 11, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 11, 2009
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 11, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 11, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 11, 2009
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 11, 2009
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 11, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 995: Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-995/
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"H.R. 995: Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-995/.
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