SENATE 479115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 3/1/2017
Actions
- 2017-03-01Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2017-03-01Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-03-01 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Roger Wicker (R-MS)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
- Susan Collins (R-ME)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Thad Cochran (R-MS)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
- Roy Blunt (R-MO)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Subjects
- Cancer
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Medical tests and diagnostic methods
- Medicare
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