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HR 6457 114th Congress House

Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare coverage of preventive services that are required to be covered by group and individual health plans.

Introduced: December 7, 2016 Introduced by: Veasey, Marc A. Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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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.
Dec 7, 2016
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 Latest action December 7, 2016

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.

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Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide for Medicare coverage of certain preventive services for which coverage is required by group and individual health insurance plans, and (2) revise the authority of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to use the process for making national coverage determinations with respect to determining coverage of additional preventive services.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6457: Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6457/
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"H.R. 6457: Preventive Services Medicare Parity Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6457/.
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H.R. 6457, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-6457/.
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