Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 25, 1999)
Cancer Screening Coverage Act of 1999 - Amends the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require a group health plan, and a health insurance issuer offering group coverage, to provide coverage for certain types of cancer screening. Includes under such coverage mammograms, clinical breast examinations, pap tests and pelvic examinations, colorectal screening procedures, and prostate screening tests, at specified intervals and through specified procedures for certain age groups in appropriate genders.
Prohibits related eligibility discrimination, monetary incentives to individuals, and penalties or incentives to providers..
Amends the Public Health Service Act to apply the requirements of this Act to coverage offered in the individual market.
Amends the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 to mandate coordination of regulations, rulings, and interpretations between the Secretaries of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor relating to matters over which two or more of the Secretaries have responsibility.
What just happenedApr 26, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 25, 1999
- Apr 26, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - Apr 19, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Apr 14, 1999IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E639-641)
- Apr 13, 1999IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1916-1917)
- Apr 12, 1999CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 25, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 25, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Education and Workforce Committee - Mar 25, 1999IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Mar 25, 1999IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 25, 1999IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 25, 1999IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House