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Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act)

Introduced: October 9, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Aug 6, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 31, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 29, 2015
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.
Jul 29, 2015
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Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act)

This bill requires that any provision of law referring to current recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention be administered as if: (1) the provision referred to USPSTF recommendations last issued before 2009; and (2) those recommendations applied to any screening mammography modality, including any digital modality of such a procedure. (In 2009, the USPSTF updated its guidelines to recommend against routine screening mammography for women between 40 to 49 years of age and to recommend biennial, instead of annual, screening mammography for most women between 50 to 74 years of age.)

In addition, the bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to preserve Medicare coverage for screening mammography, without a requirement for coinsurance, and expand the definition of screening mammography to include any digital modality of such a procedure.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may not decrease the frequency with which screening mammography may be paid by Medicare for a woman over 39 years of age.

What's happening now August 6, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 32
All 32 Democratic 15 Republican 6
Costello, Ryan
· Nov 15, 2016
Trott, David
· Jul 5, 2016
Jenkins, Evan
· Apr 12, 2016
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Feb 12, 2016
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Feb 12, 2016
 D
DeGette, Diana
Colorado · Feb 2, 2016
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jan 5, 2016
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Dec 15, 2015
FRELINGHUYSEN, RODNEY
· Dec 15, 2015
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Dec 15, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Dec 10, 2015
 R
Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Dec 10, 2015
Rothfus, Keith
· Dec 10, 2015
 R
Rouzer, David
North Carolina · Dec 7, 2015
Noem, Kristi
· Dec 1, 2015
Roby, Martha
· Nov 19, 2015
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Nov 17, 2015
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Nov 16, 2015
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Nov 16, 2015
 D
Clark, Katherine M.
Massachusetts · Nov 2, 2015
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 28, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 28, 2015
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Oct 28, 2015
Poliquin, Bruce
· Oct 27, 2015
 R
Wagner, Ann
Missouri · Oct 22, 2015
Walters, Mimi
· Oct 20, 2015
Comstock, Barbara
· Oct 9, 2015
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 2, 2015
McSally, Martha
· Sep 9, 2015
 R
DesJarlais, Scott
Tennessee · Sep 8, 2015
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 29, 2015
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jul 29, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3339: Protecting Access to Lifesaving Screenings Act (PALS Act). 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3339/
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