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HR 1578 115th Congress House

Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage under the Medicare program for FDA-approved qualifying colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 16, 2017 See on congress.gov
Health CancerDigestive and metabolic diseasesHealth promotion and preventive careMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicare
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 17, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 16, 2017
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 16, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 24, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare coverage and payment, subject to specified frequency limits, of certain colorectal cancer screening blood-based tests.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 2928 Related bill Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2018
  • HR 6062 Related bill Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2018
  • S 2523 Related bill Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2018
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 12 Republican 1
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Oct 26, 2017
Lance, Leonard
· Oct 26, 2017
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · May 3, 2017
Delaney, John
· Apr 25, 2017
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Apr 25, 2017
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 16, 2017
Dent, Charles
· Mar 16, 2017
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Mar 16, 2017
LOBIONDO, FRANK
· Mar 16, 2017
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 16, 2017
 R
Perry, Scott
Pennsylvania · Mar 16, 2017
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Mar 16, 2017
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1578: Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1578/
MLA
"H.R. 1578: Donald Payne Sr. Colorectal Cancer Detection Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1578/.
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H.R. 1578, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1578/.
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