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S 2944 116th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Cancer Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health promotion and preventive care Medical tests and diagnostic methods Military medicine Veterans' medical care Women's health

BRST Act

Introduced: November 21, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Nov 21, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Nov 21, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Better and Robust Screening Today Act or the BRST Act

This bill revises revises coverage of primary and preventive health services for women under the TRICARE program to include the use of digital breast tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening.

What's happening now November 21, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5238 Related bill To amend title 10, United States Code, to include digital breast tomosynthesis as a primary and preventative health car…
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 4
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 21, 2019
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Nov 21, 2019
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Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 21, 2019
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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Nov 21, 2019
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Nov 21, 2019
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Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Nov 21, 2019
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Nov 21, 2019
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Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Nov 21, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2944: BRST Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2944/
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"S. 2944: BRST Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2944/.
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S. 2944, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2944/.
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