3.0.0 624 2023-01-11T13:27:55Z 2023-01-11T13:27:55Z Senate S 2015-03-03 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-03-03T15:20:04Z Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 114 1220 HR 2015-03-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2015-03-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2015-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-03-03 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2015-03-03 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-03-03 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2015-03-19 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-03-19 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2015-04-13 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2015-04-15 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-04-21 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2015-04-21 False D000607 Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN] Joe Donnelly D IN 2015-04-28 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2015-05-04 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2015-05-14 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2015-05-19 False C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2015-07-07 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2015-07-13 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2015-07-27 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2015-09-30 False B000575 Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] Roy Blunt R MO 2015-09-30 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2015-09-30 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-09-30 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2015-09-30 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2015-10-05 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2015-10-05 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2015-10-08 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-11-03 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2015-11-03 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2015-12-07 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2015-12-10 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2016-01-20 False A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2016-03-10 False B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2016-03-16 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2016-04-06 False B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2016-04-20 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2016-05-10 False K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2016-07-14 False H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2016-07-14 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2016-09-13 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2016-11-15 False W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-11-29 False Health Cancer Digestive and metabolic diseases Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2015-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-13T18:30:46Z Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance for colorectal cancer screening tests (in order to cover 100% of their cost under Medicare part B [Supplementary Medical Insurance Benefits for the Aged and Disabled]), regardless of the code billed for a diagnosis as a result of a test, or for the removal of tissue or other procedure furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.

]]> Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 Display Title Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive coinsurance under Medicare for colorectal cancer screening tests, regardless of whether therapeutic intervention is required during the screening. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s624is/xml/BILLS-114s624is.xml 2015-03-03 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.