3.0.0 2265 2019-11-15T21:52:17Z 2019-11-15T21:52:17Z Senate S S 2012-03-29 112 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-29T19:02:20Z CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012 112 4165 HR 2012-03-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2012-03-29 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2012-03-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N Health Cancer Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Health care coverage and access Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2012-03-29 Introduced in Senate 2012-05-18T15:35:17Z CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide Medicare coverage for screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) as a colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, and (2) exclude screening CTC from the meaning of "imaging services" for which there is a special rule regarding outpatient services department (OPD) fee schedule payments.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to submit a preliminary report to Congress on the status of coverage of CTC as a CRC screening test under Medicare, including the extent to which such coverage as required by this Act has been implemented.

]]> CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012 Display Title CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to cover screening computed tomography colonography as a colorectal cancer screening test under the Medicare program. Introduced in Senate 2012-03-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2265is/xml/BILLS-112s2265is.xml 2012-03-29 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.