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Medicare Lung Cancer Early Detection Promotion Act of 2011

Introduced: September 8, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Mar 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.
Mar 22, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2011
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.
Mar 17, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medicare Lung Cancer Early Detection Promotion Act of 2011 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe an increased radiologist service payment for chest radiography (x-ray) services that use Computer Aided Detection technology for the early detection of lung cancer.

What's happening now March 28, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 5
D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 19, 2012
Polis, Jared
· Mar 20, 2012
PAYNE, DONALD
· Feb 29, 2012
BURTON, DAN
· Sep 8, 2011
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 27, 2011
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 20, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 2, 2011
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · May 5, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1172: Medicare Lung Cancer Early Detection Promotion Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1172/
MLA
"H.R. 1172: Medicare Lung Cancer Early Detection Promotion Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1172/.
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H.R. 1172, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1172/.
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