3.0.0 1109 2023-01-11T19:41:45Z 2023-01-11T19:41:45Z Senate S S 2007-04-16 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-04-16T18:29:34Z 2007-04-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-04-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN N Health Ambulatory care Authorization Breast cancer Coinsurance Colon cancer Department of Health and Human Services Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to research Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Mammography Medical research Medical screening Medicare National Institutes of Health (NIH) Physical examinations Research centers Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Health 00 2007-04-16 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-30T17:11:35Z Breast Cancer Research and Screening Act of 2007 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Institutes of Health for FY2008 for breast cancer research under the Public Health Service Act.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) extend the eligibility period for a "Welcome to Medicare" physical examination from six months to one year; and (2) eliminate the 20% coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests.

]]> Breast Cancer Research and Screening Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health to carry out breast cancer research and to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to extend for 6 months the eligibility period for the "Welcome to Medicare" physical examination and to eliminate coinsurance for screening mammography and colorectal cancer screening tests in order to promote the early detection of cancer. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Breast Cancer Research and Screening Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Breast Cancer Research and Screening Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1109is/xml/BILLS-110s1109is.xml 2007-04-16 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.