[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 416 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 416

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
under the medicare program of annual screening pap smear and screening 
                             pelvic exams.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2003

 Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. 
  Harkin, Mr. Bingaman, Ms. Cantwell, and Mr. Corzine) 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 for coverage 
under the medicare program of annual screening pap smear and screening 
                             pelvic exams.

    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 ``Providing Annual Pap Tests to Save 
Women's Lives Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF ANNUAL SCREENING PAP SMEAR AND PELVIC EXAMS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Annual screening pap smear.--Section 1861(nn)(1) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(nn)(1)) is amended by 
        striking ``, if the individual involved'' and all that follows 
        before the period and inserting ``if the woman involved has not 
        had such a test during the preceding year''.
            (2) Annual screening pelvic exam.--Section 1861(nn)(2) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(nn)(2)) is amended by 
        striking ``during the preceding 2 years, or during the 
        preceding year in the case of a woman described in paragraph 
        (3),'' and inserting ``during the preceding year,''.
            (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 1861(nn) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(nn)) is amended by striking 
        paragraph (3).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) apply to 
items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2004.
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