[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2915 Introduced in Senate (IS)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2915

    To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve screening for 
    colorectal cancer for TRICARE beneficiaries over the age of 50.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 19, 2006

   Mr. Biden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title 10, United States Code, to improve screening for 
    colorectal cancer for TRICARE beneficiaries over the age of 50.

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

SECTION 1. ENHANCEMENT OF COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING FOR TRICARE 
              BENEFICIARIES OVER AGE 50.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1074d of title 10, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(3) Members and former members of the uniformed services 
described in paragraph (1) or (2) who are 50 years of age or older 
shall also be entitled to the colorectal cancer screening tests 
described in section 1861(pp)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1935x(pp)(1)) with such frequency as tests for which payment would be 
authorized under section 1834(d) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 1935m(d)) 
without regard to whether such members or former members are at high 
risk for colorectal cancer (as described in section 1861(pp)(2) of that 
Act) or have otherwise previously exhibited any symptom of or 
associated with colorectal cancer.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b)(8) of such section is 
amended by striking ``subsection (a)(2)'' and inserting ``paragraphs 
(2) and (3) of subsection (a)''.
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