S 624
114th Congress
Senate
Health
Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
Introduced: March 3, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 3, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 3, 2015
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015
This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (in order to cover 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled]), regardless of the code billed for a diagnosis as a result of a test, or for the removal of tissue or other procedure furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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