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HR 941 116th Congress House Armed Forces and National Security Cancer Health promotion and preventive care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Veterans' medical care

Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

Introduced: January 31, 2019 Introduced by: Bergman, Jack Republican · Michigan See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 1, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jan 31, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Jan 31, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the colorectal cancer screening guidelines used in medical facilities at which veterans receive hospital care or medical services include the strategies for screenings included in both 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 March 1, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
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Banks, Jim
Indiana · Feb 25, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 941: Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-941/
MLA
"H.R. 941: Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-941/.
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H.R. 941, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-941/.
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[H.R. 941: Increasing Veteran Access to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-941/)
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