[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 244 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 244

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
     of prostate cancer screening tests under the medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mrs. Lloyd (for herself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Towns, Mr. Owens, 
  Mr. Conyers, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Collins of Illinois, Mr. Schumer, Mr. 
Emerson, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Martinez, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Evans, Mrs. Meyers of 
Kansas, Mr. Mazzoli, Mr. Levin, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Vento, Mr. Fazio, Mrs. 
Collins of Michigan, Mrs. Schroeder, and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Ways 
                   and Means and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
     of prostate cancer screening tests under the medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Prostate Screening Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. MEDICARE COVERAGE OF PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING TESTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (O);
            (2) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph 
        (P) and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(Q) prostate cancer screening test (as defined in 
        subsection (ll));''.
    (b) Definition.--Section 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating the subsection (jj) added by section 
        4163(a)(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 as 
        subsection (kk); and
            (2) by inserting after such subsection the following new 
        subsection:

                    ``prostate cancer screening test

    ``(ll) The term `prostate cancer screening test' means a test that 
consists of a digital rectal examination or a serum prostate-specific 
antigen test (or both) provided for the purposes of early detection of 
prostate cancer to a man over 40 years of age who has not had such a 
test during the preceding year.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 1834(c)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395m(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``1861(jj)'' and inserting 
``1861(kk)''.
    (2) Section 1861(s)(13) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(13)) is 
amended by striking ``subsection (jj)'' and inserting ``subsection 
(kk)''.
    (3) Section 1862(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395y(a)(1)) is 
amended--
            (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (E);
            (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of subparagraph 
        (F) and inserting ``, and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
            ``(G) in the case of a prostate cancer screening test, 
        which is performed more frequently than is provided under 
        section 1861(ll);''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 2 shall apply to tests furnished on 
or after January 1, 1994.

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