[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 540 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 540

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide annual 
 screening mammography and waive coinsurance for screening mammography 
         for women age 65 or older under the Medicare program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 9, 1997

 Mr. Biden (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, and Mr. Torricelli) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                               on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide annual 
 screening mammography and waive coinsurance for screening mammography 
         for women age 65 or older 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 Mammography Screening 
Expansion Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

    (a) Providing Annual Screening Mammography for Women Age 65 or 
Older.--Section 1834(c)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m(c)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (iv), by striking ``but under 65 years of 
        age,''; and
            (2) by striking clause (v).
    (b) Waiver of Coinsurance.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1834(c)(1)(C) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(c)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
        ``80 percent of''.
            (2) Waiver of coinsurance in outpatient hospital 
        settings.--The third sentence of section 1866(a)(2)(A) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(2)(A)) is amended by 
        inserting after ``1861(s)(10)(A)'' the following: ``, with 
        respect to screening mammography (as defined in section 
        1861(jj)),''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to screening mammography performed on or after January 1, 1998.
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