3.0.0 1010 2023-01-13T04:47:46Z 2023-01-13T04:47:46Z Senate S S 2005-05-12 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-05-12T18:15:20Z Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2005 109 1632 HR 2005-05-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2005-05-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-05-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2005-05-12 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2005-05-12 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-05-12 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2005-05-12 True S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-05-12 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2005-05-12 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2005-05-12 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2005-05-12 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2005-05-12 True C001042 Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] JON CORZINE D NJ S. 2005-05-19 False S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2005-05-19 False A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2005-06-08 False B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2005-06-08 False C001040 Sen. Chafee, Lincoln [R-RI] LINCOLN CHAFEE R RI D. 2005-06-14 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-07-01 False L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-07-13 False C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2005-07-14 False B001126 Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] CONRAD BURNS R MT R. 2005-09-13 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2005-10-04 False B001210 Sen. Byrd, Robert C. [D-WV] ROBERT BYRD D WV CARLYLE 2005-10-04 False Health Ambulatory care Coinsurance Colon cancer Finance and Financial Sector Hospital care Medical fees Medical screening Medical tests Medicare Physicians Social Welfare Health 00 2005-05-12 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-27T19:51:31Z Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2005 - Expresses the sense of the Congress with respect to the use of and reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening tests covered under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (SSA).

Amends SSA title XVIII to: (1) increase Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening and diagnostic tests; (2) cover an outpatient office visit or consultation for the purpose of beneficiary education before a colorectal cancer screening test consisting of a colonoscopy, or in conjunction with the beneficiary's decision to obtain such a screening, regardless of whether the screening is medically indicated with respect to the beneficiary; and (3) waive the deductible for such tests.

]]> Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2005 Display Title Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit under the Medicare Program. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2005 Introduced in Senate 2005-05-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s1010is/xml/BILLS-109s1010is.xml 2005-05-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.