Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 1997
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Just introduced
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Mar 19, 1997)
Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 1997 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe frequency and payment limits under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) for screening fecal-occult blood tests, flexible sigmoidoscopies, barium enemas, and colonoscopy.
What just happenedAug 5, 1997
See H.R.2015.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMar 19, 1997
- Aug 5, 1997CommitteeH19100
See H.R.2015.
Ways and Means Committee - May 20, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E988-989)
- Apr 4, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Mar 31, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Subcommittee - Mar 19, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Mar 19, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on 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 19, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Commerce
Energy and Commerce Committee - Mar 19, 1997IntroReferralB00100
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E520-521)
- Mar 19, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Mar 19, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House