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HR 6581 115th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Administrative law and regulatory procedures Cancer Department of Veterans Affairs Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health promotion and preventive care Veterans' medical care

Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2018

Introduced: July 26, 2018 Introduced by: Bergman, Jack Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 26, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jul 26, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2018

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to ensure that the colorectal cancer preventive screening guidelines used in each VA and non-VA medical facility at which veterans receive hospital care or medical services include all strategies for preventive colorectal screenings included in:

  • the latest recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, and
  • the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set issued by the National Committee for Quality Assurance.
What's happening now July 26, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 30, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6581: Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6581/
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"H.R. 6581: Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6581/.
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H.R. 6581, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6581/.
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