S 479
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Cancer
Digestive and metabolic diseases
Medical tests and diagnostic methods
Medicare
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
Introduced: March 1, 2017
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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 1, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 1, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
This bill waives Medicare coinsurance requirements with respect to colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of the code billed for a resulting diagnosis or procedure.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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